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A landmark study that reveals how we become committed to the common good and sustain such commitments in a changing world. A perceptive, groundbreaking analysis of inspired lives, adding to our understanding of skilled compassion, committed citizenry, and lives lived in alignment with a deeper purpose. This is a guidebook for the soul. Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Common Fire is strong and beautiful and wise. Jonathan Kozol
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Common Fire : Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World
author
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Daloz, Laurent A.
publisher
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Beacon Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807020052
print isbn13
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9780807020050
ebook isbn13
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9780807020081
language
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English
subject
Political participation, Social participation, Social change, Social problems.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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HM131.C74276 1996eb
ddc
:
302/.14
subject
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Political participation, Social participation, Social change, Social problems.
Page iii
Common Fire
Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World
Laurent A. Parks Daloz Cheryl H. Keen James P. Keen Sharon Daloz Parks
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Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
1996 by Laurent A. Parks Daloz, Cheryl H. Keen, James P. Keen, and Sharon Daloz Parks All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
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Text design by Janis Owens Book composition by Willow Graphics, Woodstown, New Jersey Printed on acid-free, recycled paper Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-73532.
Page v
To our great-grandparents and grandparents, and to our parents,
L. Albert and Lois Daloz Harry and Trudy Hollmann Enid and Robert Keen Emmett and Eloys Parks,
and to our children
Kate Daloz Todd Daloz Justin Hollmann Keen,
the legacy and the promise of commitment
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
1. Connection and Complexity: The Challenge of the New Commons
1
2. Community: Becoming at Home in the World
20
3. Compassion: Living Within and Beyond Tribe
55
Interlude: For the Hundreds of Years that Come After
81
4. Conviction: Developing Critical Habits of Mind
102
5. Courage: A Responsible Imagination
125
Interlude: Evansburg
154
6. Confession: The Struggle with Fallibility
170
7. Commitment: The Power of the Double Negative
193
Epilogue: Compass Points: The Power of Location and Direction
213
Page viii
Appendix
243
Notes
248
Index
264
Page ix
Acnowledgments
The creation and publication of this book reflect the interdependent character of life to which committed lives bear witness. Directly and indirectly, a host of people have informed and sustained this work.
We owe our deepest gratitude to each of the people we interviewed. We promised them anonymity but our appreciation must be public. They were generous with their time, candor, and willingness to reflect with us on that edge between current knowledge and emergent awareness that we call learning.
This study has been graced by the intelligence and commitment of Karen Thorkilsen, our steady and dedicated research associate. Not only did she painstakingly process mountains of interview material with a discerning eye and deft computer wizardry, but she allowed the material to work in her own imagination in a way that contributed significantly to our understanding. As an artist and poet in her own right, and as a fifth reader with editorial skills, she brought a finely tuned aesthetic to the work, keeping us faithful to the data. We are privileged to be accompanied by such an outstanding colleague.
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