A Passion For The Possible

First published in 1993, William Sloane Coffin's A Passion for the Possible presents a vision for the future that challenges assumptions and deepens our understanding of the importance of social justice and change. Coffin deals with social issues that continue to face U.S. churches -- abortion, sexism, homophobia, racism, poverty, the environment, and nuclear disarmament. This second edition adds Coffin's powerful sermon preached after September 11, 2001, and a foreword by Martin Marty. Book jacket.

William Sloane Coffin is well known as a powerful preacher and crusader for social justice. He served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights "Freedom Rider," indicted by the government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip