Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

'As rich and thoughtful as all of Brian McLaren's work, but with a particular urgency ' --Bill McKibben 'Riveting. Challenging. Brave. Devastating. Hopeful.' --Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR, author of The Amen Effect A deeply insightful exploration of how to live with wisdom, resilience and love in our turbulent times For the last quarter-century, author and activist Brian D. McLaren has been writing at the intersection of religious faith and contemporary culture. In Life After Doom, he engages with the catastrophic failure of both our religious and political leaders to address the dominant realities of our time: ecological overshoot, economic injustice, and the increasing likelihood of civilizational collapse. McLaren defines doom as the 'un-peaceful, uneasy, unwanted feeling' that 'we humans have made a mess of our civilization and our planet, and not enough of us seem to care enough to change deeply enough or quickly enough to save ourselves.' Blending insights from philosophers, poets,