Pearce on Gore

Posted by David Roberts at 11:19 AM on 24 Oct 2007

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Socially progressive publishing house Beacon has a new blog, Beacon Broadside, where its authors post. One of the first posts is from Fred Pearce, author of, among other books, With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change. It's called "Al and Me," and defends Gore against the charge that he exaggerated the dangers of climate change in his movie. Quite the contrary, says Pearce.

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Why downplay Beacon's religious roots?

Beacon isn't just "socially progressive" -- it's the publishing arm of the Unitarian Universalists.

If some mainstream denomination published just 1% of the good stuff that Beacon does we'd be carpet bombed with posts about the "new movement" uniting people of faith and enviros. Let's not fail to give credit where credit is due - Beacon is a terrific bunch and their backlist alone puts most publishers' entire output to shame. And Beacon gets its values from the UU church, which welcomes people of every kind, period.

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by JMG at 9:39 PM on 24 Oct 2007

P.S.

And if you read Pearce's piece, don't miss the "about" link at the top, where they give the UU church's seven principles as the reason for their existence:

The mission of Beacon Press is to affirm and promote these principles: the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equity and compassion in human relations; acceptance of one another; a free and responsible search for truth and meaning; the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process in society; the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; respect for the interdependent web of all existence; and the importance of literature and the arts in democratic life. To these ends, Beacon has published countless acclaimed and ground-breaking works by authors including James Baldwin, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Baker Miller, Mary Daly, Marian Wright Edelman, Cornel West, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Rashid Khalidi, and Mary Oliver, among many others. You can read more about the history of Beacon Press here.

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by JMG at 9:43 PM on 24 Oct 2007

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