Yours the Power

Faith-Based Organizing in the USA
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24600-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

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. This volume serves as a timely resource for those inside the academy as well as religious and organizational leaders wanting to understand and promote faith-based organizing in North America and beyond.

Originally published as issue 4 of Volume 6 (2012) of Brill's International Journal of Public Theology.

Zielgruppe

This volume serves as a timely resource for those inside the academy as well as religious and organizational leaders wanting to understand and promote faith-based organizing in North America and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Day, Katie

Mcintosh, Esther

Storrar, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Gesellschaft, Kirche und Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, USA.

Esther McIntosh, York St John University, UK.

William Storrar, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, USA.