Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective

By Bill McKibben

On its ten-year anniversary of publication, we are pleased to re-issue this popular title with a new Morehouse Publishing imprint and ISBN.



Editor Michael Schut presents a rare collection of voices — Henri Nouwen, Cecile Andrews, Richard Foster and others — as they explore our use of money, the practice of simplicity, listening to our lives, widening our circle of community, and other topics at the core of how we live out our faith in our homes and workplaces. A study guide is included.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Church Publishing Inc.
• Release date: Jul 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9780819227232

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature (1989), the first book on the climate crisis written for a general audience, and his work appears regularly in many periodicals, from The New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He founded 350.org, the first grassroots global climate-change awareness campaign, and, more recently, Third Act, organizing for progressive action with people over age sixty. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. His newest book, forthcoming in 2022 from Macmillan, is The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.

Reviews for Simpler Living, Compassionate Life

[andersoj_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An outstanding collection of essays around the fuzzy topic of "Christian simplicity". An excellent resource for small groups.