Soul of a Citizen

Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time

Paul Rogat Loeb

St. Martin's Griffin

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Soul of a Citizen awakens within us the desire and the ability to make our voices heard and our actions count. We can lead lives worthy of our convictions.

A book of inspiration and integrity, Soul of a Citizen is an antidote to the twin scourges of modern life-powerlessness and cynicism. In his evocative style. Paul Loeb tells moving tells moving stories of ordinary Americans who have found unexpected fulfillment in social involvement. Through their example and Loeb's own wise and powerful lessons, we are compelled to move from passivity to participation. The reward of our action, we learn, is nothing less than a sense of connection and purpose not found in a purely personal life.

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"I stayed up half the night reading Soul of a Citizen, finding it a beautiful and morally transcendent work. Paul Loeb is a personal hero of mine who gives decency and generosity a political character, in the humblest of ways." --Jonathan Kozol

"Soul of a Citizen helps us find the faith we need to act on our deepest beliefs-and keep on." --Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund

"Compassion, intelligence, and thought-provoking wisdom...A new vision for personal engagement with societal issues." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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must-read for people who believe (or don't) that one person can make huge change happen (for the better). ...more
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Jan 6, 2011
Inspiring. Loeb draws on the experience of generations of activists to help the reader understand how to get involved in a cause, get support from others, reach outside the box for allies and inspiration, determine your optimal level of activity, stay focussed and enthusiastic, cope with burnout, a ...more
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Sep 29, 2010
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Paul Rogat Loeb

Paul Rogat Loeb, an associated scholar at Seattle's Center for Ethical Leadership, is the author of Generation at the Crossroads, Hope in Hard Times, and Nuclear Culture. He comments regularly on social involvement for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Psychology Today, Utne Reader, CNN, NPR, and elsewhere.

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Soul of a Citizen
Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time
Paul Rogat Loeb

Trade Paperback

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
March 1999
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ISBN: 9780312204358
ISBN10: 0312204353
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 368 pages
$16.95
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