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World Is Not Ours to Save Finding the Freedom to Do Good

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ISBN-10: 0830836578

ISBN-13: 9780830836574

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

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Recent years have seen a remarkable awakening of awareness of global issues. Rising generations are passionately committed to making a difference. Today's young adults want to save the world.But it's not quite that simple. Liking Facebook pages only goes so far. As today's faith-based activists move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of intractable global problems. Despite our good intentions, there are limits to what any of us can accomplish. So disillusionment and compassion fatigue threaten us on one hand, while empty slacktivism derails us on the other.Tyler Wigg-Stevenson gives a perceptive analysis and critique of what we can and cannot do to change…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 1/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson is the founder and director of the Two Futures Project, a movement of Christians for nuclear threat reduction and the global abolition of nuclear weapons. He also serves as chairman of the Global Task Force on Nuclear Weapons for the World Evangelical Alliance and as policy director for Faithful Security, a multi-faith coalition working for nuclear security.Tyler began his involvement in nuclear policy over a decade ago under the late U.S. Senator Alan Cranston at the Global Security Institute, on whose board he still sits, and as study assistant to the Rev. Dr. John Stott. He is the author ofBrand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age, a contributing editor…    

Foreword
The Limits of Activism
The World Is Not Ours to Save
Don't Be a Hero
Broken beyond Our Repair
Fear God
Take These Snakes
A Deeper Calling
The Peaceable Kingdom
Peace with God: Worship, Discipleship, Evangelism
Peace among the Nations: Justice, Industry, Nonaggression
Peace in Community: Dignity, Prosperity, Fearlessness
Living Out Our Callings
Acknowledgments
Notes