Values Must Come Alive!

Resorting to spiritual activism is an important step toward normalizing difficult situations. The spiritual dimension has its own way of presenting things without falsifying them. This helps significantly while dealing with human misery that is complex. Spirituality is not about 'me', but about 'you, and about 'others' – this perspective brings people closer to each other. Thomas Menamparampil seems to have done this successfully in his book Values Must Come Alive! ------------Professor Meera Chakravorty, Jain University, Bangalore In achieving sustainable priorities, Thomas Menamparampil conceptualizes justice as the quest for balance through multiple responsibilities. Often controversies arise when affluent constituents insist on presuppositions and pre-categorizations. Others call for transformations from below – thereby expanding shared responsibilities and co-creations. Under such conditions, we negotiate different transformative possibilities and undertake different transformative actions. This implies continuing engagements, committed renewals, and reconsiderations of prevailing values and responsibilities. In this essential book, Values Must Come Alive! Thomas Menamparampil helps us realize these.-------Dr. A. Osman Farah, Aalborg University, Denmark