Foreword / Garry Wills -- Preface / Cornel West -- Introduction: The World Isn't Working -- Pt. 1. The Conversion of Politics. Ch. 1. Signs of a Crisis: The Politics of Violence. Ch. 2. Can Politics Be Moral? Beyond Liberal and Conservative. Ch. 3. Politics and Religion: Toward a Prophetic Spirituality -- Pt. 2. The Broken Community. Ch. 4. A Tale of Two Cities: The Division of the World. Ch. 5. Fire in the Sky: The Heat of White Racism. Ch. 6. Pattern of Inequality: Exploiting the Sisters. Ch. 7. I Shop, Therefore I Am: Wounded Hearts, Wounded Earth -- Pt. 3. Toward an Alternative Vision. Ch. 8. Signs of Transformation: The Marks of an Emerging Prophetic Vision. Conversion: The Priority of the Poor. Compassion: No More Us and Them. Community: A Moral Foundation for Economics. Reverence: Honoring the Whole Creation. Diversity: Beyond Integration. Equality: Beyond Inclusion. Peacemaking: The Path to Real Security. Justice: The Hunger That Heals. Contemplation: The Inward Journey
Courage: Taking the First Step. Responsibility: How Change Begins. Integrity: The Quality of Leadership. Imagination: Dreaming New Possibilities. Reconstruction: From Protest to Rebuilding. Joy: The Unmistakable Sign of Life. Hope: The Doorway to Change -- Afterword: A Time To Heal, A Time To Build
Summary
Discusses breakdown and political impasse, and argues for social justice and responsibility