Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America

by Chris Hedges
Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America  
published August 1st 2006 by Free Press
binding Paperback
isbn 0743255143   (isbn13: 9780743255141)
pages 224
description Why should all Americans -not just Christians and Jews -- care about the Ten Commandments? Chris Hedges, a former foreign correspondent for th...more
date added
02-15-07



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Ginnie
09/27/07

bookshelves: religion
Read in September, 2007
recommends it for: Americans uneasy with their lives
Chris Hedges, a former foreign correspondent for the "New York Times" and Harvard Divinity School graduate, believes that the commandments keep us from committing evil. They hold our communities together. "They lead us to love, the essence of life," he writes.

Just now bought a copy for my Pastor,

Adapted from his series of articles for the "New York Times" these thoughtful essays on why we need these ancient laws -- and what happens when we abandon them, ...more
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Kirsten
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05/04/08

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"God cannot be summed up in a name. God cannot be described. only idols provide this certitude. but watch, God seems to say, you will know me when you encounter me. you will see who i am in the profound flashes of self-knowledge that cut through darkness in the hope that rises out of despair and suffering, in the loving touch of another, in a moral life where we resist the worship of ourselves so others can prosper. God, the experience, is real."

"the commandments hold out to u...more
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asra
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07/06/07

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Comments on the Ten Commandments and of their ability to bind humanity in the face of human suffering. Consists of ten chapters, each a personal narrative relating back to the spirit contained in a certain commandment. The book reads like a series of gritty and passionate essays. Hedges writes really well.
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Jon
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01/21/08

The separation of church and state not an issue, but to sweep basic moral principles under the rug because they look too much like diatribes from an organized religion can be a bit more fuzzy. Or so says this guy.
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Ayesha
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06/20/07

Read in October, 2006
This book totally blew me away.

Hedges deconstructs the 10 commandments in a very modern but completely unexpected way. He's willing to go to painfully honest places that few writers are.
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daysgoby
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12/10/07

These made me think. A lot. I'd even recommend this book to people who are turned off by the religion aspect of this - very little preaching and a lot of wonder and questions in this book.
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L13eanna
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06/30/08

The first essay on believeing that you are secretly better than those people that you are trying to help, believing that you are somehow capable of saving people, totally kicked my ass!
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Rachel
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03/04/08

Read in March, 2008
I heart Chris Hedges. He is so thoughtful, so insightful. I want to be him when I grow up. This book made me cry in a coffee shop.
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