The Absence of Light: Radical Accountability and a Way Forward - Tapa blanda

Hardwick, Christie

 
9781966655749: The Absence of Light: Radical Accountability and a Way Forward
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ISBN 10: 1966655746 ISBN 13: 9781966655749
Editorial: Tehom Center Publishing, 2026

Sinopsis

What if the greatest threat to justice isn't the people fighting against it, but the good people who looked away?

Christie Hardwick had the career, the causes, the spiritual practices, and the best of intentions. She wrote checks to nonprofits, voted in every election, and believed love would prevail. But when the cracks in democracy widened, she was forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: good intentions are not the same as action.

The Absence of Light is a raw, unflinching self-inventory, a confession from a Black woman, ordained minister, former tech executive, and leadership coach who examines how privilege, comfort, and spiritual bypassing kept her from showing up when it mattered most.

This is not a book about shame. It is a blueprint for what comes next: how comfort zones and echo chambers quietly erode civic engagement, why "checkbook activism" soothes our conscience but fails our communities, how spiritual practices can shield us from the very pain meant to wake us up, a practical framework for radical accountability without self-destruction, and the path from remorse through self-forgiveness to renewed, meaningful engagement.

For anyone who has ever wondered: Am I doing enough? Did my silence contribute to this? And what do I do now?

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Acerca del autor

Rev. Christie Hardwick's experience spans the public and private sectors with decades in high tech leadership, elected school governance, and a spiritual guidance ministry. She is the author of "Radical Self-Tenderness" and "To What End," both of which have served many in search for peace, meaning and purpose in their lives. She lives between California and Italy and shares 4 children and 7 grandchildren with her wife Jane.

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Editorial
Tehom Center Publishing
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1966655746
ISBN 13 
9781966655749
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Número de páginas
92
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