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Title: Living Faith by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 0-8129-3034-7 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Religious or Atheist, this book is for you!
Comment: Tolerance, forgiveness, understanding, and love are all characteristics of a Christian. The literal translation of the word Christian is "Christ-like". Jimmy Carter demonstrates the true meaning of following the example of Christ in his everyday life. Living Faith provides us with a personal example of how our leaders should govern with compassion and love and refraining from passing judgement. Going to church, doesn't make one a Christian. Although Jimmy Carter uses his Christian faith as an example, it doesn't matter, this book is more about doing the right thing and that applies to any religion.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoughtful.
Comment: I doubt that I could be tempted to read a book authored by any political leader of my time -- or any time -- with [as of now] perhaps one exception. As a man of great intellectual curiosity, spiritual insight, and ethical depth, Jimmy Carter is a most uncommon leader; one who continues to make meaningful contributions to the welfare of humanity and who continues to offer thoughts worth considering. In this volume, a spiritual thread binds President Carter's consideration of economic, social, political, humanitarian, scientific, philosophical, religious, and very personal issues.
"No matter what we seek in life, we are more likely to find it if we are not self-centered but concentrate on something or someone outside ourselves."
Rating: 4
Summary: The spiritual autobiography of a good Christian ex-President
Comment: Former President Jimmy Carter initially intended Living Faith to be a compendium of his Sunday school teachings. However, as he wrote, it became more of an autobiography relating how he grew up and the role of his faith in his private and public lives. The first third of the book depicts his early life in, departure from, and return to rural Georgia, written in a meandering style sprinkled with appropriate Biblical verses. He then goes on to explain his approaches to leadership, justice, peacekeeping, fighting poverty, and civil rights through his faith in God and Jesus Christ and his understanding of the Bible. His philosophy is possibly best summed up by the simple theology of pastor Eloy Cruz (with whom President Carter worked on a missionary trip). "You only have two loves in your life -- for God, and for the person in front of you at any particular time."
I have always respected President Carter and felt that he was misunderstood and should have had more time in office. His work since his presidency with Habitat for Humanity, the Carter Center, his peacekeeping efforts, and his support of fledgling democracies has probably outweighed his actual presidency. Living Faith will help the reader better understand this good, honest man, the likes of which are virtually nonexistent in modern politics.
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Title: Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 0812932366 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: An Hour Before Daylight : Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 0743211995 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought) by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 0345425928 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Personal Beliefs of Jimmy Carter: Living Faith/Sources of Strength by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 1400050383 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life by Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter ISBN: 1557283885 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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