While not all of my personal values line up with those of former president Jimmy Carter, most of them seem to line up quite well. I was actually really surprised by this seeing as he is a republican, but he's not a neo-conservative (neo-con) republican, and what he seems to believe in seem to align more to the far left today.

Jimmy Carter is a good man. If every Evangelical behaved like him, our politics would be much better. Here are some random thoughts:

He characterizes fundamentalism in three words: rigidity, domination, and exclusion. Good choices.

His "faith" in God because some things on the planet are pretty amazing seems childish to me. But at least he accepts science. He is not a literalist Bible reader. He was also a great lover of Stephen Jay Gould's work, as I was. Carter concludes "there is no place for religion in the science classroom." Amen!

He is a strict believer in separation of church and state. His concerns expressed in this 2005 book are only much worse now. And show no signs of getting any better. Especially with the Betsy DeVos's of the world.

He does not believe in abortion. But at least he understands that the way to cut down on them is to make them legal and provide free birth control and services. Thank you, Planned Parenthood!

Our values now are more than endangered, they are disappearing.

Locked our keys in the car somewhere with a free books shelf

I listened to this read by Jimmy Carter, for whom I have great respect. It was a little too political for my taste and was 10 years old, so the references were outdated, but the values he espouses are certainly not.

President Carter is an admirable man who you may or may not agree with politically or socially, but he has earned the right to be heard. I didn't agree with all he wrote, but he communicated most of his views on the subject matter fairly clearly and truthfully. I think he should have omitted his views on the science/evolution vs. creation debate because it didn't sound very educated (I'm a scientist by training, so I require more insights than opinion from someone with no scientific background).

I began reading books like this because I was so blown away by what a disaster the Bush administration had become. This book provides the voice of reason by someone in a position to know what it's like to be a U. S. President.

Next Book Group selection; I'm not finished with it yet. I appreciate this book by Jimmy Carter, particularly how he explains his Christian faith and how it differs from the dangerous trend toward fundamentalism in politics. I'll say that I agree with much of what he says and find a lot of it chilling. My book group talks about politics a lot and I think this book will inspire some great conversation.

I gave it just three stars because this book does not satisfy my hunger for literature. I suspect that Jimmy dictates his books; they are not crafted with an inspiring writing style. Give me the writings of Abraham Lincoln for transcendant style. Reading this book makes me want to read Jefferson and also to read the biography of John Adams that a couple of my buddies here have read and rated highly. It also wants me to put this book down, read something else, and get the gist of the rest of it at the book group discussion.

I do admire Jimmy Carter very much and appreciate his views. I do look forward very much to talking about this book this Friday.

Makes me wish Carter had been given a second term. Perhaps the '80s wouldn't have been so disgusting.

Our Endangered Values is mostly a rant against fundamentalism. This is interesting considering Carter's well-publicized, strong religious faith. I must admit that was a bit of a problem for me reading-wise. I'm not a believer (unless we're talking about daydream believers!) so I tend to tune out when people start talking about their religious beliefs. However, I slogged through and was rewarded with some sensible reflections on the state of things in the U.S. during Bush #2's second term. (Yeah I know Bush #1 only had one term...I just wanted to call his son "Bush #2"). Let's just say Carter was not impressed by the then current president's performance, so if you're a dyed-(red)-in-the-wool Republican, perhaps give this a miss. It'll only anger up your blood.

This guy was a Christian. Too nice to be President. Enough said. I think of a Republican I can agree with him on the environment and the morals of the country. I disagree with everything in this book.

With a name like 'Our Endangered Values' I was a little put off and expected to read some very conservative 'America's going to hell-in-a-handbasket' Christian rantings. Then again, it's Jimmy Carter, who has long taken a humanist stance in terms of values and politics. As a (progressive) Christian, Carter is pretty much preaching to the choir in this book yet it's refreshing, after seeing Christianity represented in such a conservative light on TV, to read the words of someone so well respected and clearly-a-Christian espouse such a humanist philosophy, which, in my opinion, is much more in line with what Christ was about. Carter isn't the greatest writer but the book is short and sweet and very much food for thought. He talks about the separation of church and state, about how at times he did not want to take certain actions due to his own beliefs but set those aside to represent a broader American view, a country which represents people of a variety of faiths, not just his own. If you like Carter, frustrated by the TV example of Christians today, interested in reading a completely different perspective on government, this book is for you. Enjoy.

Though I don't believe everything Jimmy Carter does, it is amazing how similar our proposed compromises are. Everything he'd like to see accomplished, he makes gentle, world protecting, people protecting proposes for. I agree with all of his proposals... They won't accomplish perfection, but they would go a long way to improving things.

Overall, he approaches world problems with the Christian values of peace, love, and charity. Though he does not question the Christianity of those who don't (he thinks they are misguided), I certainly do. The miracle of this man's thinking is that seeing what is happening in the world clearly as he does with us as the instigator of much of it (the world sees us as an example, but they tend to do as we do, not as we say, which explains much of the recent genocide in primitive countries--wasn't that what we were trying to do when we invaded Iraq?), he continues to propose optimistic, loving, peaceful, and charitable solutions which just might work, if we could move ill-meaning and ridiculously judgmental "fundamentalists" out of DC.

Great man! Great insight! Great book!