Losing Moses on the Freeway
eBook - ePub

Losing Moses on the Freeway

The 10 Commandments in America

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Losing Moses on the Freeway

The 10 Commandments in America

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Colophon
  3. Also by Chris Hedges
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. The 10 Commandments
  9. Prologue
  10. Decalogue I: Mystery
  11. Decalogue II: Idols
  12. Decalogue III: Lying
  13. Decalogue IV: The Sabbath
  14. Decalogue V: The Family
  15. Decalogue VI: Murder
  16. Decalogue VII: Adultery
  17. Decalogue VIII: Theft
  18. Decalogue IX: Envy
  19. Decalogue X: Greed
  20. Epilogue: Love
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. Index
  25. About The Author