Restoring Faith: America's Religious Leaders Answer Terror with Hope

By Forrest Church

During the week following the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Americans gathered in unprecedented numbers to seek comfort and guidance from their religious leaders. Regardless of creed, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802776329
• ISBN13: 9780802776327
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Hope in the face of despair

I just read this book more than six months after the terrorist attacks. However, like most Americans I am still struggling with the emotional, intellectual, moral and spiritual challenges presented by those horrific events. These sermons are almost without exception intelligent, honest, sensitive and thought-provoking. There are common themes running throughout the book, but each also offers something unique. The book is predominated by Christian sermons, but also offers Jewish, Muslim and Unitarian-Universalist perspectives. The only sermon I really didn't care for was the one from the Southern Baptist preacher, who basically said we should trust our government to repond appropriately to the attacks since it is "divinely sanctioned." Bizarre.