{"product_id":"not-helpful-9780648854616","title":"Not Helpful","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George Browning\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Echo Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Echo Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruth is a two-edged sword. When embraced, it is transformative. However, where advantage and privilege are fiercely protected, as is often the case in the day-to-day minutiae of politics, truth is almost always an unhelpful intrusion, threatening self-interest and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot Helpful is a series of essays in which, from his Christian faith, George Browning addresses some timely questions, not limited to: Is capitalism destined to be a pariah in the 21st century as communism was in the 20th century? Can Israel and Palestine become the Middle East's bi-cultural powerhouse? Will individualism become the catastrophic destroyer of Common Good?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot Helpful is rendered through anecdotes, covering Browning's engagement with senior politicians and public servants while a bishop in Brisbane and during his 15 years as the Bishop of Canberra. Browning's book commences with biographical detail illustrating how the author was formed and shaped to live a life at the centre of the institutional Church and yet always on the edge as a champion of the vulnerable and voiceless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46418136727703,"sku":"9780648854616","price":1610.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780648854616.webp?v=1769070019","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/not-helpful-9780648854616","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}