"Whether through her down-to-earth stories about her daughter Emma, her insightful contrast of chapel and church or security and shalom, her reevaluations on Constantine and St. Francis, or her exploration of empire and its relation to the gospel of Jesus, Diana Butler Bass educates, inspires, corrects, and stimulates."
-Brian McLaren, author

"Amid the cacophony of voices responding to 9/11, this book offers a distinctive voice that combines the passion of faith with a hands-on cherishing of life. The summons of Broken We Kneel is that we forego macho national pride in a moment of brokenness and return to the most elemental truth of suffering love and buoyant faith. Butler Bass's references stretch from a 'Constantinian hangover' to her little daughter Emma who knows how to be generous. The reader will find here a sane, grounded invitation to humanness that is broken, but not driven to despair."
-Walter Brueggemann, author

"Broken We Kneel makes a compelling argument to restore the church to what surely its founders intended: that it be a community of people who practice the discipline of peacemaking. Diana Butler Bass has refused to accept the dangerous association of church with militaristic state and instead argues that, in these saber-rattling times, the church must stand with Jesus in his brokenness and courage. Butler Bass is a real patriot."
-Nora Gallagher, author