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Healing the Heart of Democracy
The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit by Parker J. Palmer
In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us the tools to do it. This timely, courageous and practical work—intensely personal as well as political—is not about them, "those people" in Washington D.C., or in our state capitals, on whom we blame our political problems. It's about us, "We the People," and what we can do in everyday settings like families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations and workplaces to resist divide-and-conquer politics and restore a government "of the people, by the people, for the people."
In the same compelling, inspiring prose that has made him a bestselling author, Palmer explores five "habits of the heart" that can help us restore democracy's foundations as we nurture them in ourselves and each other:
An understanding that we are all in this together
An appreciation of the value of "otherness"
An ability to hold tension in life-giving ways
A sense of personal voice and agency
A capacity to create community