Yours the power : faith-based organizing in the USA / edited by Katie Day, Esther McIntosh and William Storrar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Day, Katie Jane.

McIntosh, Esther.

Storrar, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faith-based human services--United States.

Faith-based human services.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite shifts in the religious landscape in North America--reflected in the significant increase in those with no religious affiliation and emptier pews across the religious spectrum--there has also been a rise in participation in faith-based grassroots organizations. People of faith are increasingly joining broad-based organizing efforts to seek social change in their communities, regions and country. This unique volume brings together the most current thinking on faith-based organizing from the perspective of theologians, social researchers and practitioners. The current state of faith based organizing is critically presented, as it has evolved from its roots in the mid-twentieth century into a context which raises new questions for its philosophical assumptions, methodology, and very future. Originally published as issue 4 of Volume 6 (2012) of Brill's International Journal of Public Theology .

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Katie Day

Interfaith Community Organizing: Emerging Theological and Organizational Challenges / Brad Fulton and Richard L. Wood

Receiving from the Other: Theology and Grass-Roots Organizing / Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Churches Unusual: Worship and Broad-Based Organizing in Two Brooklyn Congregations / Aarian Marshall

Leaders in Faith-Based Organizing Networks / Patti Daley , Ryan J. Bell , Anthony Banout and Jonathan Currie

Funding and Teaching Challenges Facing Faith-Based Organizing / Sheila Greeve Davaney , John Bowlin , Jarrett Kerbel and Elizabeth Valdez

Three Public Cultures / Michael Gecan

Pastors and Flocks / Jeffrey Stout

Alinsky and Augustine: Connecting Organizing and Theology / Luke Bretherton

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

"Originally published as Volume 6(4) (2012), pp. 377-545, in Brill's International journal of public theology"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-04-24601-0

OCLC:

827208563

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004246010 DOI