Left Hand of God, The: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “An indispensable book for understanding the modern schism between humanist and fundamentalist religion in the United States.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 2 stars

  “I liked his presentation of the problems, but felt the solutions were a little vague and Pollyanna. ”

  Bryan B wrote this review Saturday, November 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “An indispensable book for understanding the modern schism between humanist and fundamentalist religion in the United States.”

  Daniel Zuma wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Astute analysis of contemporary political and religious landscape. Discusses the two "hands" of God--the Right Hand, centered around fear, dominance, and power, and the Left Hand, focused on hope, generosity, and love. Both have roots in Scripture. "The choice we face is between the Right Hand and the Left Hand of God. Even if you are secular, you are called to choose between the paradigm of hope and the paradigm of fear, between a vision of a world in which love can be the central reality and a world in which power over others is the only realistic path. At every moment, we are unconsciously, but nevertheless quite determinedly, organizing our experience through one or the other of these paradigms. One of the goals of this book is to encourage us to become more conscious of which paradigm we are using at any given moment and to help us make it less scary to choose the paradigm of hope." (pp. 83-84) Proposes expressing the "Left Hand" to counter the destructive results of triumph of "Right Hand" in recent history. Calls for broad involvement to reshape the religious and political landscape. Lots of good food for thought in here.”

  Steve wrote this review Friday, May 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No