Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America - Brossura

Wood, Richard L.

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ISBN 10: 0226905969 ISBN 13: 9780226905969

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Riassunto

Over the past fifteen years, associations throughout the U.S. 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 faith-based Pacific Institute for Community Organization and the race-based Center for Third World Organizing. Comparing their activist techniques and achievements, Wood argues that the alternative cultures 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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L'autore:

Richard L. Wood is an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico.

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Book by Wood Richard L

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0226905969
• ISBN 13: 9780226905969
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 366