Foreword / Father Theodore Hesbergh -- Introduction / Robert N. Bellah -- Dream-walking toward America : the deepening the American dream project / Mark Nepo -- Dreams of America / Jacob Needleman -- Footprints of the soul : uniting spirit with action in the world / Carolyn T. Brown -- Created equal : exclusion and inclusion in the American dream / Elaine H. Pagels -- The grace and power of civility : commitment and tolerance in the American experience / David M. Abshire -- Breaking the cultural trance : insight and vision in America / Robert Inchausti -- The almost-chosen people / Huston Smith -- From cruelty to compassion : the crucible of personal transformation / Gerald May -- The politics of the brokenhearted : on holding the tensions of democracy / Parker Palmer