What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World

By: Frederick Franck, Janis Roze, Richard Connolly

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What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World

Name: What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World
Brand: St. Martin's Press
SKU: 271015
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Author: Frederick Franck
ISBN: 9780312271015

By: Frederick Franck, Janis Roze, Richard Connolly

St. Martin's Press / 2001 / Paperback

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Title: What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World
By: Frederick Franck, Janis Roze, Richard Connolly
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 286
Vendor: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 X 0.80 (inches)
Weight: 14 ounces
ISBN: 0312271018
ISBN-13: 9780312271015
Stock No: WW271015

Publisher's Description

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In an inspirational act of faith and hope, nearly one hundred contributors--social activists, thinkers, artists and spiritual leaders--reflect with poignant candor on our shared human condition and attempt to define a core set of human values in our rapidly changing socity.

Contributors include:
* The Dalai Lama
* Wilma Mankiller
* Oscar Arias
* Jimmy Carter
* Cornel West
* Jack Miles
* Mother Teresa
* Nancy Willard
* Elie Wiesel
* James Earl Jones
* Joan Chittister
* Mary Evelyn Tucker
* Vaclav Havel
* Archbishop Desmund Tutu

What Does It Mean To Be Human? is a vital meditation on the endless possibilities of our humanity.

Author Bio

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Frederick Franck is the author of twenty-seven books including the classic Zen of Seeing, My Days with Albert Schweitzer, and A Little Compendium on That Which Matters.

Richard Connolly is a communications art professor at SUNY.

Janis Roze teaches biology at CUNY.