Description
Book SynopsisHow We the People can reclaim our democracyupdated with a discussion guide, author videos, and a new chapter-length Introduction
In this updated edition of his prophetic book, renowned author and activist Parker J. Palmer celebrates the power of We the People to resist the politics of divide and conquer. With the U.S. now on a global list of backsliding democracies, Palmer writes about what we can do to restore civil discourse, reach for understanding across lines of difference, focus on our shared values, and hold elected officials accountable. He explores ways we can reweave the communal fabric on which democracy depends in everyday settings such as families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations, workplaces, and various public spacesincluding five habits of the heart we can cultivate as we work to fulfill America''s promise of human equality.
In the same honest, vulnerable, compelling and inspiring prose that has won Palmer millions of readers, Healing the Hear
Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2024 Edition xv
Prelude The Politics of the Brokenhearted 1
Chapter I Democracy’s Ecosystem 11
Chapter II Confessions of An Accidental Citizen 29
Chapter III the Heart of Politics 49
Chapter IV the Loom of Democracy 69
Chapter V Life in the Company of Strangers 89
Chapter VI Classrooms and Congregations 119
Chapter VII Safe Space for Deep Democracy 151
Chapter VIII the Unwritten History of the Heart 175
Gratitudes 195
Notes 199
The author 219
Index 221
