Between Grace and Fear: The Role of the Arts in a Time of Change

by William Cleveland, Patricia Allen Shifferd, Linda Frye Burnham (Commentary)

This book is a series of interviews with social theorists and scholars, philanthropists, scientists, theologians, artists, community development and community arts activists. Several recent books, including The Great Turning by David Korten, and A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, have made the argument that a new way of organizing our relationships to each other and to nature will be necessary in the coming years. The subjects, some 30 in all, were all asked to comment on this eventuality and to provide their perceptions of what role that artists and arts organizations should play in contributing to a more just and sustainable society.

430 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2010