{"product_id":"our-endangered-values-americas-moral-crisis-9780743285018","title":"Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003ePresident Jimmy Carter offers a passionate defense of separation of church and state, warning that fundamentalists are deliberately blurring the lines between politics and religion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOur Endangered Values, \u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy Carter offers a personal consideration of \"moral values\" as they relate to the important issues of the day. He puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning about where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarter describes his reactions to recent disturbing societal trends that involve both religious and political worlds as they increasingly intertwine and include some of the most crucial and controversial issues of the day. Many of these matters are under fierce debate. They include preemptive war, women's rights, terrorism, civil liberties, homosexuality, abortion, the death penalty, science and religion, environmental degradation, nuclear arsenals, America's global image, fundamentalism, and the melding of religion and politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSustained by his lifelong faith, Jimmy Carter assesses these issues in a balanced and courageous way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarter, Jimmy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he and his wife founded The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He is the author of thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eA Full Life: Reflections at Ninety\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655841976594,"sku":"9780743285018","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f6ef5e0-de8a-4a5f-b56d-ba210ae87e54.jpg?v=1733382710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/our-endangered-values-americas-moral-crisis-9780743285018","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}