{"product_id":"if-nuns-ruled-the-world-ten-sisters-on-a-mission-9781497601901","title":"If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating profiles\" of remarkable nuns, from an eighty-three-year-old Ironman champion to a crusader against human trafficking (\u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e  New York]).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In an age of villainy, war and inequality, it makes sense that we need superheroes,\" writes Nicholas Kristof of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"And after trying Superman, Batman and Spider-Man, we may have found the best superheroes yet: Nuns.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIf Nuns Ruled the World\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran reporter Jo Piazza overthrows the popular perception of nuns as killjoy schoolmarms, instead revealing them as the most vigorous catalysts of change in an otherwise repressive society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet Sister Simone Campbell, who traversed the United States challenging a Congressional budget that threatened to severely undermine the well-being of poor Americans; Sister Megan Rice, who is willing to spend the rest of her life in prison if it helps eliminate nuclear weapons; and the inimitable Sister Jeannine Gramick, who is fighting for acceptance of gays and lesbians in the Catholic Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During a time when American nuns are often under attack from the very institution to which they devote their lives--and the values of the institution itself are hotly debated--these sisters offer thought-provoking and inspiring stories. As the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e put it, \"Anybody looking to argue there is a place for Catholicism in the modern world should just stand on a street corner handing out Piazza's book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497601901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jo Piazza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470434947253,"sku":"9781497601901","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b98c6c7a-78c8-4f3a-acd0-e34f5f77f426.jpg?v=1612925325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-nuns-ruled-the-world-ten-sisters-on-a-mission-9781497601901","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}