Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in AmericaSimon and Schuster, 2005 - 206 síður The 10 Commandments -- the laws given to Moses by God -- are beyond the scope of human law. They are rules meant to hold us together but, when dishonored, they lead to discord and violence. In this fierce, articulate narrative, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, looks through the lens of each commandment to examine the moral ruin of American society. With urgency and passion, he challenges readers to take a hard look at the disconnect between their supposed values and the shallow, self-absorbed lives many people actually lead. Taking examples from his personal life and twenty years of reporting, Hedges explores one commandment at a time, each through a particular social group. With each story, he reveals the universal nature of personal suffering, discovery, and redemption -- and explores the laws that we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. |
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Prologue I | 1 |
MYSTERY | 9 |
IDOLS | 39 |
LYING | 53 |
THE SABBATH | 67 |
THE FAMILY | 81 |
MURDER ΙΟΙ | 101 |
ADULTERY | 115 |
ENVY | 145 |
GREED | 157 |
LOVE | 171 |
Notes | 177 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Acknowledgments | 193 |
197 | |
THEFT | 129 |
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