Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

A Presidents Thoughts on Important Issues

This book takes a look at Jimmy Carter¿s opinions on different sides of the issues that have been going on in the government as well as in society. As a former president, Carter reflects on his past experiences and examples to show what he considers is right. It is a great book that will help provide people with a lot of information about the world we live in along with a man that has his own views on certain topics. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to start to learn more about political issues.

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A moral challenge to Americans

In this book, Nobelist and former President Jimmy Carter asserts that Christian fundamentalists have taken control of the American government. Although he is a devout Christian himself, he outlines charges against fundamentalists and neoconservatives that reiterate many oft-aired criticisms of the current administration. He also decries fundamentalist control of the Southern Baptist denomination, which may be of less interest to business readers. However, one need not agree with Carter to be drawn by his political philosophy and sincerity, nor disagree to be bruised by his self-righteous tone. This is more sermon than essay, for it has a pronounced religious focus, but we find that it provides a heartfelt portrait of the value judgments of a historic figure who never hesitated to provoke debate. Readers seeking a liberal focus on issues about which conservatives and liberals disagree will find this to be a passionate touchstone, as will those alarmed by what they perceive as manifestations of fundamentalism in U.S. public policy.

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Jimmy Carter, I Love This Man

Good read, felt like it was coming from the heart. very refreshing to hear from a politician who seems to care about his beliefs and his country but want to make choices that are good for everyone, not just those who worship as he does...

Presided with True Faith

Jimmy Carter isn't seen by many people as a good president. I think he was a very good president for everything he had to deal with. There ere those on the right today that are constantly wanting to bring their religious beliefs into government. President Carter knew there had to be a solid wall of separation but that he could allow his faith to be his guide in the many decisions he had to make. The values that this country once had are under sharp attack by many on the right and to a lesser extent even on the left. President Carter brings up the many national and international issues that have been taken over by those that don't have the true concerns of our country in mind.

A fine balance of religious views and practical real world concerns

I enjoyed reading this book.It's good to see a man with deep religious values like Jimmy Carter, who can apply his religious values to the real world without drifting off into the extreme dogma of fundamentalists.Here's a man who clearly applied his religious values to his decision making without trampling on the constitution and who seemed to understand that there are other people,just as honorable as him,
with different views of the world.Too many religious people, especially these days, take a rigid view of the world and don't want to listen to other peoples points of view.

Jimmy Carter's political and religious views on debatable issues

Carter really tries to send a message in this book. He discusses the many fierce issues in our country today, and how many times we don't do anything about it and we've created this crisis. He gives his opinions on each topic, and being a Christian, he has his own opinions on religious issues and the division between church and state. Carter, who is very involved in his religion, has very arguable opinions and he delivers convincing arguments on our "values." I read this book for a CAPP Political Science class, and it wasn't to bad to read. The issues in the book were not boring to read, and I didn't find myself to disappointed with it. I enjoyed reading Carter's reactions to our countries moral crisis, and our values. His opinions are very convincing and his views are hard to disagree with. Being a Christian like Carter, I agreed with most of his religious views and his church and state discussions. Our Endangered Values is a journey the Carter take you on to find what's wrong with our countries values, and what can be done to fix it.

Our Endangered Values

In reading this book I found that Jimmy Carter addressed many conflicts that our nation is facing and responded to them while keeping those responses true to his religious beliefs. Carter addresses these conflicts while stating that they are not hopeless or never-ending.

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A reviewer

After reading the book Our Endangered Values I agreed with much about what the author had to say. I felt that he made many great points about how the equality of women in religion needs to increase and the fact that because of 911 many of our human rights are now being sacrificed. Also I felt that Mr. Carter was right in saying that we need to stop going to war with every country that poses a threat on our nations security. Because by doing so we are just creating a larger target for ourselves against terrorism. I highly recommend reading this book.

America's Values

This book is about America's values and how our country has some defects with it that Jimmy Carter feels need to be changed. He gives evidence to show that the U.S. has been handling some situations and topics poorly, but it should not be too hard to change.

great man

I loved this book. I have always thought that Jimmy Carter was one of the most misunderstood president's or our time. This book proves just that. He is one of the truly great men of out time. I love that he has comes to terms with his religion convictions and his belief in separation of church and state. This is a must read for everyone who wants to meet a man of vision.

An informative yet enjoyable book

I listened to this entire book one Saturday while sewing. It was like having a long visit with older 'common-sense' family members who are no longer here to counsel me. I loved it! He brought back the America I knew and loved. That America is the America in people's hearts and minds where someone's problem becomes our problems An America where we are neither black or white or red or blue but just Americans trying to make the world a better place for all.

In response to the last reviewer

No one is PRO-Abortion. Let me guess...you are a man. If men were the ones who had the babies, trust me, women would have absolutely no say in this issue. How dare any man have the arrogance to try to tell a woman what to do when he could never find himself in the position to make that difficult a choice. How easy it must be for you to say you know for sure exactly what you would do. You have no idea and never will have any idea. President Carter must understand that very simple point. This is between a WOMAN and her God. Period. If this right is ever taken away from women we need to figure out a way for it to affect the man who got her pregnant. How about sterilization for him. How does that sound?

Wonderful insight into what is happening in this country.

While I am not anywhere near the religious person that President Carter is, I very much enjoyed his keen insight into issues and problems he sees with some of the church groups in this country, and other major problems within our country and with the direction our governmentis going. He is clearly one of our nation's finest thinkers and role models. I highly recommend his book for everyone.

Excellent assessment of America's moral and poltical crisis

Former President Carter, for whom I voted after I registered to vote, upon turning 18, in 1976, has laid out an excellent example of how the current path America is on (based on so-called 'Christian', 'Family', and 'Moral' values, has led our nation to be divided (within itself) and despised (and that's not too strong a word either) (without-i.e., in the larger world community). His assessment of how this current 'administration' and its supporters, on the far (religious?) right, have made things worse, instead of better, by misapplying Christian principles as justification, for example, in the current mess in Iraq. Fundamentalism, a word which has been hijacked, by the likes of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins, and others, has been used to justify eroding the separation of church and state. No one doubts that the current 'President'? believes himself to be following Christian principles however, former President Carter, who considers himself just as 'fundamentalist' as anyone else, just as 'Christian', as anyone else, but without the hypocrisy that pervades the current social, moral and political, climate in the United States, makes many valid points on how America has lost it's way, when much of the world, for better or worse, looks to it to lead by example, to provide for others and for ourselves. Of course, Republican conservatives will dismiss this book. The party of Abraham Lincoln has become a mean spirited, name calling, 'holier than everyone else(?)' [who are not like them] political party who are responsible for the current mess in Iraq, and partly for 9/11 as well as the isolation of the United States from the rest of the world. Our nation would do well to listen to the words of the former President, who has been grossly underestimated, [and] who (if he'd been re-elected) might have paved the way for a moral America, without the hypocrisy, that exists currently. God Bless and Help America. And God Bless Jimmy Carter.

Timely book!

Carter is one of the wise elders in America. He shows us a way of talking about values that is moral but does not moralize. Values are not against humans but for humans. Just the same, Carter's God is not doing violence to people but is there to build people up, and even respects if people choose not to believe in a God. One can't wage war with such a God, nor can one put people on death row (p. 80). Carter calls for moral values centered around a non-violent God. A timely book!

This one is another Carter blunder

This, from the President who had the most disfunctional administration in history. At least he exposes who and what he really is about. His answers for the woes of the day are beyond the pale,(surprise, surprise,) and I can find nothing enlightning about this book.

An Important Book

This book is an important book even if you disagree with some of the conclusions. Carter, like Truman, left office with low approval ratings yet this matters little to the book's content. What Carter has done is to remind us that our policies based on post-911 panic have not served us well. Our national values have been compromised and for the most part unnecessarily. Even after 9-11 few of us would have envisioned the Unites States falling so far as it has with Guantanamo and Abu Ghrib, starting wars against effectively disarmed countries. America has used the terrorism alibi way too long and must start to amend its ways or we run the risk of becoming the world's pariah state.

Great

This is a book from who I think is one of our greatest and most under appreciated Presidents.

Arm Chair quarterback at best

Give me a break. Very difficult to read this trash. What we have is one of the most incompetent and impotent leaders of the 20th century trying to spout advice and air his concerns. I feel that he realizes that his values are the ones being threatened. He'll probably get another Noble Peace Prize. What a waste of time.

Right on

I've seen this train coming round the bend for years. All you have to do is go to your local mall and observe how rude people can be. Youth looks up to the gangster lifestyle and emulates it. Ugh.