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MINNEAPOLIS Surprisingly vehement demonstrations at meetings of the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund have left many observers perplexed: What is the problem? In her new book, Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization, Sharon Delgado provides an eye-opening look at corporate globalization and spiritually motivated resistance to it. Shaking the Gates of Hell astutely analyzes the major threats facing humanity that are exacerbated by economic globalization, provides an invaluable overview of the global economy and its institutional functioning, and offers a powerful vision for faith-led resistance and hope for transformation. FEATURES Offers an incisive overview and theological analysis of the global economic institutions and their effects Reveals the larger cultural and social import of globalization Reports the stories of nonviolent resistance to corporate globalization and gives examples of sustainable alternatives Global economic integration is harmful, maintains Delgado, since it undermines spiritual and cultural values, threatens local economies and mores, vitiates human rights, precipitates rapid environmental decline, and leaves a string of economic victims in its wake. Key to this process, she observes, are corporations. Shaking the Gates of Hell proposes a way for people of faith to respond to the growing power of corporations and their domination of the world's cultures, governments, and global institutions, and to develop creative alternatives. Part One analyzes major threats facing humanity that are exacerbated by economic globalization: loss of biodiversity, climate change, toxic pollution, harmful technologies, growing inequity, social disruption, violence, terror, and war. Part Two provides an overview of the global economy and adroitly sketches the structure, ideology, and functioning of economic globalization and the institutional "Powers." Part Three asks what people of faith can do about this global crisis, and points to Jesus as one who demonstrates the power of faith-led resistance and hope for transformation. "This book doesn't just shake, it rocks! Delgado offers a powerful account, lucid and lyrical, of the crossroads before us: the corporate security state' or the better world that is possible." Catherine Keller, Drew University, author of God & Power. "Delgado will not prove to you that corporate globalization is the Beast running amok. She will instead nail the destructive logic of the Beast, and show the way out of the interlocking network of the IMF, World Bank, and the WTO. Reflecting on her participation in nonviolent direct resistance against these Powers, and describing movements of global justice, such as they have emerged in Chiapas, Cochabamba, Nigeria, Argentina, India, and Kenya, Delgado prepares Christians for faith-led resistance as a way of life." Carol S. Robb, San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union. " . . . This is a handbook for the next generation . . ." Ched Myers, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries of Southern California. "This book speaks hard truth to hard power-it's unsparing, and that's what we need. It's also loving, in the (not so easy) way that the Gospels are loving." Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. "This book is authentic and convincing with personal experience and a great vision. In many corners of the world there is a new paradigm emerging, the earth community and participatory democracy, versus the old, outdated and destructive paradigm of corporate globalization. What happened in Seattle in 1999 between the people and the WTO was a sign of hope, and will happen again in this year of 2007 in Heiligendamm, Germany. Get out of apathy. A better world is possible. I read this book with a moved heart and new encouragement. The earth will arise and we with the earth." Jurgen Moltmann, author of A Theology of Hope, The Crucified God Sharon Delgado is an ordained United Methodist minister and is founder and executive director of Earth Justice Ministries. A longtime activist and advocate for peace, justice, and the environment, she lives in Nevada City, California. Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization, By Sharon Delgado, Format: 5.5" x 8.5," paperback, 172 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-6220-2, Price: $20.000/CAN $24.00, Publisher: Fortress Press, Release: August 30, 2007. To order Shaking the Gates of Hell please call Fortress Press at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the Web site at http://www.augsburgfortress.org/. |
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