Outrage and Hope: A Bishop's Reflections in Time of Change and Challenge - Softcover

"It is a first rate book from a first rate bishop. We are fortunate to have bishops who write books like this." Bishop John Coburn, reviewing for Episcopal Life, April 1997--Sanford Lakoff "Episcopal Life "

."..eloquent testimony that responding to pressing daily social needs can be vital as faith in action... moving and probing analysis of our world aimed not just at the faithful but to citizens of the diocese... there is simply no denying the grace, thought, articulation, and sensitivity that vivify his writings. It is not just Episcopalians who are lucky to have a man of his eloquence and sweep of vision at work, both in the pulpit and the diocese. A literate and gentle Jeremiah, Borsch calls us insistently to the things of the world; he is a perfect messenger for our informational politicized age." Jamie Spencer, reviewing for Princeton Alumni Weekly, March 19, 1997--Sanford Lakoff "Princeton Alumni Weekly "

"Writing in a manner that draws the reader into his mind and thought, as if one were having a conversation with him, Bishop Borsch considers topics from racism to the ministry and authority of bishops. Always taking the Bible seriously, and writing from within the community of faith, particularly in his role in the Episcopal Church (he is Bishop of Los Angeles), his apologetical approach is true to the spirit of the Anglican tradition." G. P.--Sanford Lakoff "Anglican Theological Review "

"In Outrage and Hope, Bishop Borsch offers a thoughtful Christian's response to the challenges of a complex age. In direct, approachable style, he establishes the essential link between private faith and the public world. Pastor and prophet, he grounds his wisdom in a profound love of both God and humankind." Hodding Carter, Knight Professor of Journalism, University of Maryland.--Sanford Lakoff

"Fred Borsch is at his best when he's telling stories about his own life and aspirations the time when he was in a plane crash; his trip to El Salvador; the time his car broke down on the way to the dedication of a new church. If there is an overarching message in the book, it is that we need not agree with each other in order to love each other, nor must we be alike in order to rejoice in the divine paternity which is ours in common. Fred Borsch is a man who genuinely loves all of God's children, and it shows." Steven B. Sample, President, University of Southern California--Sanford Lakoff

"Fred Borsch is a columnist disguised as a bishop. As a former editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times I stand in awe of his ability to combine a scrap of story, a few well-chosen facts, and just the right line of scripture in a call to moral action or reflection that somehow never leaves the reader feeling morally snubbed. I plan to read carefully and plagiarize shamelessly." Jack Miles, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly, and Director, Humanities Center, Claremont Graduate School--Sanford Lakoff

"[Outrage and Hope is] from the heart; concerns bread-and-butter, nitty-gritty, basic issues; and, in my view, it seeks readers' responses as a part of its apparent vocation to comprise spiritual dialogue is a literal sense... The book itself is a wonderful labyrinth... Plan to spend a lot of time in these pages." Malcolm Boyd, reviewing for The Episcopal News--Sanford Lakoff "Episcopal News "

Frederick Houk Borsch is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. He formerly taught at Princeton University where he was Dean of the Chapel and at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific where he was also Dean and President.