Losing Moses on the Freeway - by Chris Hedges (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With rigorous moral scrutiny, veteran war journalist and award-winning author Hedges delivers a breathtaking exploration of the state of our world, and an eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the Ten Commandments.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In <i>Losing Moses on the Freeway</i>, Chris Hedges, veteran war correspondent and author of the bestselling <i>War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</i>, delivers an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments. Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial issues of our time, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, explores the challenge of living according to these moral precepts we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. The commandments, he writes, do not save us from evil. Instead they save us from committing evil. <p/> Inspired by unyielding faith, rigorous moral scrutiny, and a fierce sense of social responsibility, Hedges offers a breathtaking meditation on modern life. <i>Losing Moses on the Freeway</i> illustrates how the commandments usually choose us -- and how we are rarely able to choose them. We cannot protect ourselves from theft, greed, adultery, or envy, nor from the impulses that lead us to commit evil acts. In honoring the commandments, we free ourselves from self-worship and are called back to the healing solidarity of community. It is in the self-sacrifice championed by the commandments that integrity, commitment, and, finally, love are made possible.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>At a time when the mere mention of religion can excite so much passion . . . and discord, <i>Losing Moses on the Freeway</i> offers sane and bracing ways to think about, and rethink, the whole subject of faith. -- <i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br><br>Hedges' main point is that America is a nation marked by self-satisfaction, false piety, hypocrisy, and covetousness and that its institutions and culture aid and abet these very real failings. . . . If you're fed up with the sorry state of things in America today and aren't sure why, Hedges lays it out for you here. -- <i>Baltimore Sun</i><br><br>Unfailingly well-written, compelling, and disturbing. . . . It's not an easy faith that Hedges describes, and that is the point. -- <i>The American Prospect</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for <i>The New York Times.</i> He previously worked overseas for <i>The Dallas Morning News</i>, <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i>, and NPR. He is host of the Emmy Award-nominated RT America show <i>On Contact.</i> Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, is the author of numerous books and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for <i>War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</i>. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has taught college credit courses through Rutgers University since 2013 in the New Jersey prison system.
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