Prayers for the New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed Book

Walter Brueggemann, John Buchanan, Tony Campolo, Katie Geneva Cannon, Marian Wright Edelman, Michael Kinnamon, Sister Helen Prejean, And William H. Willimon are among the contributors to this collection of original prayers for Christians of every denomination. Chris Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, editors of the collection, have compiled nearly one hundred prayers from well-known church and community leaders in honor of the one-hundredth anniversary of the 1908 Social Creed and the development of a Social Creed for the Twenty-first Century.This seminal volume includes the words from the new Social Creed and prayers reflecting social justice themes referenced in the creed, including poverty, economic justice, and care for the environment. These new prayers reflect the diversity of the Christian faith and the call .f'or the church to be awake'n ed to meet the social challenges of the twenty-first century.