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“In a nation of 260 million, our healing is actually extremely personal. We must each mature into a deeper understanding of our lives and why we’re living them for such understanding is the womb out of which will come new life for American culture.”
With the publication of The Healing of America, Marianne Williamson becomes a powerful voice for social conscience in American society. While citing the virtual abandonment of social justice as a dominant political theme since the 1960’s, Williamson notes historian Arthur Schlesinger’s contention that Americans express renewed political interest every thirty years. This is a time, according to Williamson, for Americans to once again return to first principles—political and spiritual. In this landmark work, Williamson draws plans for the transformation of American political consciousness and the re-emergence of powerful citizen involvement in a genuine healing of American society.
According to Williamson, we need a new paradigm of political understanding, a moral commitment to express it, and a new kind of activism to bring it forth. The Healing of America is a blueprint for all three.
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"This book caught my eye as I passed a bargain shelf. Since I had read her book A Return to Love I thought I'd read this book, which notes a shift in social consciousness as political activists draw from spiritual wisdom as they create the change they want to see. "
— Martine (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A huge and wondrous surprise…The Healing of America somehow makes us proud to be Americans because every hope for democracy seems newly without our grasp.”
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“The inspirational writer best known for promoting ‘A Course in Miracles’ here broadens her focus.”
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“Author of the bestselling books, A Woman’s Worth and A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson turns her attention here to the larger sphere of spirituality and politics. She discusses the spiritual roots that underlie the history of transcendentalism and democracy in America, and she urges a return to the holistic politics of nonviolence, community and citizen involvement. An excellent narrator of her own work, Williamson emerges as a powerful social commentator with great conscience. The technical quality and production values of this recording are superb. Readers accustomed to Williamson's interpretation of ‘A Course in Miracles’ materials will find The Healing of America to be an ambitious, thoughtful, and challenging outgrowth of her earlier, more personal offerings.”
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" Very thought-provoking. marianne Williamson writes eloquently of the return to the inspiration and ideals of the original founders as the spiritual legacy of America. Now at this historical moment we need to remember. "
— Wendy, 11/4/2012 -
" This book caught my eye as I passed a bargain shelf. Since I had read her book A Return to Love I thought I'd read this book, which notes a shift in social consciousness as political activists draw from spiritual wisdom as they create the change they want to see. "
— Martine, 8/4/2012 -
" If you are interested in the power of forgiveness, especially at the macro human level, this is a must read. "
— Barbara, 6/5/2011 -
" If you are interested in the power of forgiveness, especially at the macro human level, this is a must read. "
— Barbara, 5/23/2010 -
" It became hard to finish. <br/>I was right with her, going through the same tredges we all know... and then she lost me and got a bit too religiously, (some will argue just spiritually) orientated for my attention span. "
— Maggie, 7/12/2009 -
" Very thought-provoking. marianne Williamson writes eloquently of the return to the inspiration and ideals of the original founders as the spiritual legacy of America. Now at this historical moment we need to remember. "
— Wendy, 1/13/2009
About Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and New York Times bestselling author. She has been a popular guest on a number of television programs, including Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Charlie Rose. Williamson is the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. She is a native of Houston, Texas.