Losing Moses on the Freeway by Chris Hedges

Losing Moses on the Freeway by Chris Hedges

In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Chris Hedges, veteran war correspondent and author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, 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.

Inspired by unyielding faith, rigorous moral scrutiny, and a fierce sense of social responsibility, Hedges offers a breathtaking meditation on modern life. Losing Moses on the Freeway 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.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for a variety of publications. With fifteen years with the New York Times, he spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. Empire of Illusion, Death of the Liberal Class, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, and Days of Destruction, Days of Rebellion, which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco, are among his many best-selling novels. He contributes a weekly column on the website Truthdig. He is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey.

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ISBN 13	9780743255141
ISBN 10	0743255143
Title	Losing Moses on the Freeway
Author	Chris Hedges
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2006-08-07
Number of pages	224
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