Billed by the author as the third of an informal trilogy that previously includes Engaging the Cosmos: Astronomy, Philosophy and Faith and Geography of Human Conflict, this volume examines the ways in which the politics of social liberalism (for which the author clearly feels deep, if not uncritical, affinity) may or may not meet the challenges of a broad array of challenges in the contemporary world. The approach is broadly multidisciplinary and thematically diverse. Distributed in the US by IPG. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)