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Living faith : everyday religion and mothers in poverty / Susan Crawford Sullivan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Susan.
- Series:
- Morality and society
- Morality and society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Low-income mothers--Religious life--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Low-income mothers.
- Women and religion--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Women and religion.
- Parenting--Massachusetts--Boston--Religious aspects.
- Parenting.
- Religion and social problems--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Religion and social problems.
- Church work with the poor--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Church work with the poor.
- Church work with women--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Church work with women.
- Religious life.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 287 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. These women's lives can be difficult as they struggle to care for their children while surviving on welfare or working at low-wage jobs and sometimes facing physical or mental health problems. But until now little attention has been paid to an important force in these women's lives: religion. Through interviews with women from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds and with a sophisticated analysis of how faith both motivates and constrains their actions, Living Faith reveals the many ways that belief serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Listening to poor mothers about religion
- Building blocks: theory, religious practices, and churches
- "God made somebody think of welfare reform": religion, welfare, and work
- "I send him to church with my mother": religion and parenting
- "God has a plan": making meaning
- "I don't get to church anymore": capacity, stigma and exit, and religious
- Individualism
- The church in the city: impressions from urban pastors
- Everyday religion and mothers in poverty.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226781600
- 0226781607
- 9780226781617
- 0226781615
- OCLC:
- 711050878
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