EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Fourteen, Number Six November / December 2005 Resources Democracy’s Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life by Frances Moore Lappe ($25), John Wiley and Son, 2006. The book discusses patterns of causation in the decline of democracy and stories of local people fighting to strengthen it. The dominant “mental map” in our society is to give ourselves over to the “magic of the market,” which we now export throughout the world as ‘free market” and “thin democracy”. We are at the edge, as the power of privatization corrupts democracy. Stories of awakening consciousness, new possibilities and local successes make this a hope-filled book.   The National Religious Partnership for the Environment has launched a new website www.nrpe.org, which currently features the work of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program. Highlighting the work of its four partners, which include the Council, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Evangelical Environmental Network, and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, the NRPE website includes profiles of engagement from various faith communities, educational and worship resources, and information on faith and the environment. Home     Table of Contents