Acclaimed author and human rights advocate Mary Jo Leddy examines the moral challenges facing Canada in this time of social exclusion and environmental ruin. She focuses particularly on three of our national blind spots — our relationship with Indigenous peoples, immigration, and our poor record of caring for the environment – and addresses the fundamental question, ‘why are we here?’ Leddy skilfully helps the reader ponder this query by paying attention to where we are, concluding that our future depends on a profound shift in our attitudes to this place on Earth we inhabit. While Mary Jo Leddy draws from her own personal faith and Catholic worldview, she addresses all caring Canadians who wish to explore themes of sin, gratitude, and redemption, refusing, ultimately, to treat this place as some chunk of earth we own.
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"Why are We Here? by Mary Jo Leddy is filled with wisdom. It's thoughtful and brilliant. Every Canadian should read this book and take the time to pause, think, and answer the important question that Leddy asks. Reading it has made me not only a better Canadian but also a better human being. A must read for 2019!"
Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran
Mary Jo Leddy is a writer and theologian, the founder of Toronto’s Romero House, a founding editor of The Catholic New Times, and a passionate advocate for human rights and peace issues. She is the recipient of many honorary doctorates, and awards, including the Order of Canada. She has written many books, several of which feature or reflect on the work and life of Romero House, such as Radical Gratitude (Orbis 2002), and At the Border Called Hope: Where Refugees Are Neighbours (Orbis 2011), which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award in l997.
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