{"product_id":"circle-of-hope-a-reckoning-with-love-power-and-justice-in-an-american-church","title":"Circle of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Minnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Glows on every page . . . nearly miraculous.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Marvelous.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCircle of Hope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an intimate portrait of a church, its radical mission, and its riveting crisis. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The revolution I wanted to be part of was in the church.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmericans have been leaving their churches. Some drift away. Some stay home. And some have been searching for--and finding--more authentic ways to find and follow Jesus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of one such \"radical outpost of Jesus followers\" dedicated to service, the Sermon on the Mount, and working toward justice for all in this life, not just salvation for some in the next. Part of a little-known yet influential movement at the edge of American evangelicalism, Philadelphia's Circle of Hope grew for forty years, planted four congregations, and then found itself in crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story that follows is an American allegory full of questions with urgent relevance for so many of us, not just the faithful: How do we commit to one another and our better selves in a fracturing world? Where does power live? Can it be shared? How do we make \"the least of these\" welcome? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on years of deep reporting, the Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold has crafted an intimate, immersive, tenderhearted portrait of a community, as well as a riveting chronicle of its transformation, bearing witness to the ways a deeply committed membership and their team of devoted pastors are striving toward change that might help their church survive. Through generational rifts, an increasingly politicized religious landscape, a pandemic that prevented gathering to worship, and a rise in foundation-shaking activism, \u003ci\u003e Circle of Hope \u003c\/i\u003etells a propulsive, layered story of what we do to stay true to our beliefs. It is a soaring, searing examination of what it means for us to love, to grow, and to disagree.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661408141602,"sku":"9781250390394","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_02a8ef9b-3f88-49ee-92bd-3af21d35c2fc.jpg?v=1779453295","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/circle-of-hope-a-reckoning-with-love-power-and-justice-in-an-american-church","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}