Faith in Action

Name: Faith in Action
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226905969
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Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America

Autor: Richard L. Wood

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Editura: The University of Chicago Press

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Over the past 15 years, associations throughout the US have organized citizens around issues of equa...

Informații despre carte

Autor

Richard L. Wood

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2002

Pagini

288

EAN

9780226905969

ISBN

0226905969

Enbook ID

04550628

Editura

The University of Chicago Press

Greutate

488

Dimensiuni

163 x 233 x 19

Descriere completă

Over the past 15 years, associations throughout the US have organized citizens around issues of equality and social justice, often through local churches. But in contrast to President Bush's vision of faith-based activism, in which groups deliver social services to the needy, these associations do something greater. Drawing on institutions of faith, they reshape public policies that neglect the disadvantaged. To find out how this faith-based form of community organizing succeeds, Richard L. Wood spent several years working with two local groups in Oakland, California - the Pacific Institute for Community Organization and the race-based Centre for Third World Organization. Comparing their activist techniques and achievements, Wood argues that the alternative culture and strategies of these two groups give them radically different access to community ties and social capital. Creative and insightful "Faith in Action" shows how community activism and religious organizations can help build a more just and democratic future for all Americans.

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