Katie Day

Gebundenes Buch

Prelude to Struggle

African American Clergy and Community Organizing for Economic Development in the 1990's

Beschreibung

In Prelude to Struggle, Katie Day analyzes the findings of a three-year study of the African American churches in North Philadelphia, the most impoverished section of the city. All of these congregations were engaged in significant community economic development projects, yet pursued their common goals through two distinct strategic approaches.

Autor

Katie Day is the Charles A. Schieren Professor of Church and Society at the United Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia. She is the author of Faith On The Avenue: Religion on a City Street (2014). Currently she is conducting research on ""God and Guns,"" looking at the role of religion in the construction of meaning and public discourse on guns. Deirdre Good is a lay preacher in the Diocese of Maine and a faculty member at the Stevenson School for Ministry in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. She is the author of Jesus' Family Values (2006), and Mariam, the Magdalen, and the Mother (2005).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821540
• ISBN-10: 0761821546
• Artikelnr.: 33388861