{"product_id":"if-nuns-ruled-the-world-ten-sisters-on-a-mission-9781497601901","title":"If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating profiles\" of remarkable nuns, from an eighty-three-year-old Ironman champion to a crusader against human trafficking (\u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e [New York]).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In an age of villainy, war and inequality, it makes sense that we need superheroes,\" writes Nicholas Kristof of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"And after trying Superman, Batman and Spider-Man, we may have found the best superheroes yet: Nuns.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIf Nuns Ruled the World\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran reporter Jo Piazza overthrows the popular perception of nuns as killjoy schoolmarms, instead revealing them as the most vigorous catalysts of change in an otherwise repressive society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meet Sister Simone Campbell, who traversed the United States challenging a Congressional budget that threatened to severely undermine the well-being of poor Americans; Sister Megan Rice, who is willing to spend the rest of her life in prison if it helps eliminate nuclear weapons; and the inimitable Sister Jeannine Gramick, who is fighting for acceptance of gays and lesbians in the Catholic Church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During a time when American nuns are often under attack from the very institution to which they devote their lives--and the values of the institution itself are hotly debated--these sisters offer thought-provoking and inspiring stories. As the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e put it, \"Anybody looking to argue there is a place for Catholicism in the modern world should just stand on a street corner handing out Piazza's book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6190157\"\u003eJo Piazza\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497601901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1497601908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO018000\"\u003eReligious\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL084000\"\u003eReligion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL034000\"\u003ePeace\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Piazza is the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCelebrity, Inc.: How Famous People Make Money\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Rehab\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGotham\u003c\/i\u003e, the Daily Beast, and Slate. She has also appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePiazza holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's in journalism from Columbia University, and a master's in religious studies from New York University. 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