A Spirituality For Doing Justice

Author : Dennis A Jacobsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150646436X

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Dennis Jacobsen brings his many years of experience doing congregation-based organizing for justice into conversation with unique spiritual reflections. Jacobsen has learned along the way that deeper reflection must precede organizing action. He says, As I age, I have respect for those who faithfully enter the inner room of their soul to meet and love God. Social action is messy and disruptive and noisy. Jacobsen turns to his work creating and meditating on icons to connect biblical themes and Christian personalities to guide those who are preparing for congregation-organizing and faith-based social action. His unique perspectives help anyone engaged in such work go deeper in prayer and devotion before diving into the messy work of organizing.This book follows his first volume, Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, in which Jacobsen explored biblical and theological reasons congregation-based organizing offers a faithful way of living out the teachings of Jesus. In this new volume, he seeks to integrate spiritual practices (reflections on iconography, in particular) that he claims are foundational to congregation-based community organizing.The book includes introductory chapters to describe his own spiritual practice around icons, several chapters on different figures and what can be learned or gleaned from them as one prepares for justice work. The final section provides a month-long daily office for doing justice, which participants may adopt in their life of prayer and faithful reflection.

Author : Dennis A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506464374

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A Spirituality for Doing Justice by Dennis A. Jacobsen Pdf

Dennis Jacobsen brings his many years of experience doing congregation-based organizing for justice into conversation with unique spiritual reflections. Jacobsen has learned along the way that deeper reflection must precede organizing action. He says, "As I age, I have respect for those who faithfully enter the inner room of their soul to meet and love God. Social action is messy and disruptive and noisy." Jacobsen turns to his work creating and meditating on icons to connect biblical themes and Christian personalities to guide those who are preparing for congregation-organizing and faith-based social action. His unique perspectives help anyone engaged in such work go deeper in prayer and devotion before diving into the messy work of organizing. This book follows his first volume, Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, in which Jacobsen explored biblical and theological reasons congregation-based organizing offers a faithful way of living out the teachings of Jesus. In this new volume, he seeks to integrate spiritual practices (reflections on iconography, in particular) that he claims are foundational to congregation-based community organizing. The book includes introductory chapters to describe his own spiritual practice around icons, several chapters on different figures and what can be learned or gleaned from them as one prepares for justice work. The final section provides a month-long daily office for doing justice, which participants may adopt in their life of prayer and faithful reflection.

Author : Dennis A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : 0800632443

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Doing Justice by Dennis A. Jacobsen Pdf

"Illustrated with examples from the experience of community organizers, Jacobsen's work weaves the theological and biblical warrants for community organizing into concrete strategies for achieving justice in the public arena. It offers sound treatment of fundamental organizing principles like power, self-interest, and agitation. It also suggests ways to build and sustain an organization, to relate to media and corporations, and to strengthen ministers and empower lay leaders. Designed for use by congregations and church leaders, as well as by ministerial students, it includes a carefully crafted study guide by Rick Deines. Doing Justice will open new vistas for community action in support of the poor, the disadvantaged, and the disenfranchised of our society."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Cyndy Baskin,Norma Jean Profitt
Publisher : Canadian Scholars
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773381183

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Spirituality and Social Justice: Spirit in the Political Quest for a Just World by Cyndy Baskin,Norma Jean Profitt Pdf

Spirituality and Social Justice explores how critically informed spirituality can serve as an inspiration and a political force in the quest for social and ecological justice. Writing from various spiritual and religious worldviews, including Indigenous, Islamic, Wicca/Witchcraft, Jewish, Buddhist, and Christian, the authors—practitioners and academics of social work—draw on lived experience, research, and literature to illuminate how relationship with spirit can orient ways of being and acting to build a more just society. In Part One, the authors foreground Indigenous spirituality as resistance and decolonization. Part Two examines the complex ethical and political dimensions of spirituality, including the ecological destruction of the Earth and the influence of contemporary neoliberalism. Lastly, Part Three explores spirituality in teaching and learning contexts, both inside and beyond the classroom. Engaging and well-written, Spirituality and Social Justice challenges the notion that practitioners must put aside their critical spirituality in teaching, learning, healing, and practice. Students, practitioners, and academics of social work and other helping professions will benefit from the unique insights into spirituality and religion and how they inform social justice activism.

Author : Dennis A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418827

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Doing Justice by Dennis A. Jacobsen Pdf

Doing Justice introduces readers to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to-day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. It draws from the author’s decades-long career of personal experience in community organizing ministries. Illustrated with examples from the experience of community organizers, Doing Justice weaves theological and biblical warrants for community organizing into concrete strategies for achieving justice in the public arena. It offers sound treatment of fundamental organizing principles like power, self-interest, and agitation and suggests ways to build and sustain an organization, relate to media and corporations, and strengthen ministries and empower lay leaders. The second edition includes forewords by veteran pastor-activists Bill Wylie Kellermann and Grant Stevensen and a new preface that notes recent changes in organizing, describes needed new directions and connections, and discusses the significance of new movements such as Black Lives Matter. Also new is Stevensen’s running “conversation” with Jacobsen, drawing readers into deeper engagement with organizing practices. Designed for use by congregations and church leaders as well as by ministerial students, Doing Justice will open new vistas for community action in support of the poor, the disadvantaged, and the disenfranchised of our society.

Author : Harvie M. Conn
Publisher : P & R Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0875522068

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Evangelism by Harvie M. Conn Pdf

Author : David I. Smith,Terry Osborn
Publisher : IAP
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607525868

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Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Learning by David I. Smith,Terry Osborn Pdf

This book sets out to explore the intersections between matters not frequently yoked in academic discussions: spirituality, social justice, and the learning of world languages. The contributing authors contend not only that these intersections exist, but that they are the site of issues and realities that require the attention of language educators and point to avenues of growth for the language teaching profession. The essays included seek to indicate the possibilities of a neglected area of inquiry, not only in terms of theory but also in terms of the practices of language education. Given this aim of opening up fresh questions, the book is arranged so as to show the relevance of the nexus of spirituality and social justice to teacher education (chapters 3 and 4), language classroom practices (chapters 5 and 6), and the theoretical sources that inform scholarly discussion of language education (chapters 7 and 8). The opening chapters place these explorations in a larger context by showing how they fit into existing social contexts and academic discussions.

Author : Jonathan Rothchild,Matthew Myer Boulton,Kevin Jung
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813934228

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Doing Justice to Mercy by Jonathan Rothchild,Matthew Myer Boulton,Kevin Jung Pdf

It is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life. Religion and ethics articulate complex systems of moral reasoning that concern norms, deliberation of ends, cultivation of disposition, and transformation of moral agency. Law, in contrast, seeks to govern human conduct through procedural justice, rights, and public good. Doing Justice to Mercy challenges this assumption by presenting the reader with an urgent conversation between the law and religion that yields a constructive approach, both theoretically and practically, to the complex role of mercy in our legal process. Authored by legal practitioners, activists, and theorists in addition to theologians and ethicists, the essays collected here are informed by timeless principles, and yet they could not be timelier. The trend in sentencing moves toward an increased severity, and the number of incarcerated people in the United States is at an all-time high. In the half-decade since 9/11, moreover, homeland security has established itself as a permanent fixture in our lives. In this atmosphere, the current volume seeks initially to clarify how justice and mercy intertwine in relation to a number of issues, such as rehabilitation, the death penalty, domestic violence, and war crimes. Exploring the legal, philosophical, and theological grounds for mercy in our courts, the discussion then moves to the practical ways in which mercy may be implemented. Contributors:Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project * Lois Gehr Livezey, McCormick Theological Seminary * Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate, Commonwealth of Kentucky * Jonathan Rothchild, Loyola Marymount University * Albert W. Alschuler, Northwestern University School of Law * David Scheffer, Northwestern University School of Law * David Little, Harvard Divinity School * Matthew Myer Boulton, Andover Newton Theological School * Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary * Sarah Coakley, Cambridge University * William Schweiker, University of Chicago Divinity School * Kevin Jung, College of William and Mary * Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary * W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School * William C. Placher, Wabash College

Author : Daniel G. Groody
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336166

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Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice Revised Edition by Daniel G. Groody Pdf

Author : Nick Wagner
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819226471

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Spiritual Direction in Context by Nick Wagner Pdf

“God created us to be lovers,” writes Nick Wagner in his introduction to Spiritual Direction in Context. “When we love, we are in right relationship. We are acting for justice. The ministry of every spiritual director, in any context, is to serve as a guide into the depths of that love relationship.” Here, in this provocative collection of essays, respected leaders in the field of spiritual direction explore the myriad of contexts in which this relationship takes place and offers practical ways to respond to them. As the popularity of spiritual direction grows, directors are facing situations that monks and nuns – for centuries the exclusive practitioners of this profession – never had to face. The essays in this book, drawn from Presence, the journal of Spiritual Directors International, look deeply at spiritual direction in a number of contexts, including the workplace, with the aging, in hospitals, with women’s groups, with youth, with the homeless, and with those in mourning. Spiritual Direction in Context is the third in the SDI series.

Author : Donal Dorr
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1984-01
Category : Christianity and justice.
ISBN : 0883444496

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Spirituality and Justice by Donal Dorr Pdf

Examines the relationship between the personal and social aspects of the Christian faith and discusses the role of Christianity in the struggle for justice

Author : Francis X Meehan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725271715

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A Contemporary Social Spirituality by Francis X Meehan Pdf

"Francis X. Meehan has thought long and hard about contemporary social issues. This book shows the gratifying results. It is full of insight and wisdom." - Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics, Georgetown University"Francis Meehan appreciates the dilemmas that torment Christians concerned with questions of peace and justice, while he understands the apathy that closes many others in spiritual slumber. Yet he writes not to intensify guilt, but to clarify the understanding of injustice and its sources, and to offer a reasonable course of action. A Contemporary Social Spirituality, then, is a model for preachers and teachers. The book offers opinions; it assesses responsibility fairly, and it recommends an action with clarity, sensitivity, and manifest love. It deserves good study and use." - Mark Heath, O.P. President, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C."Meehan brings a pastoral touch to a variety of issues: war, the draft, disarmament, economic injustice, abortion, sexuality. This is a book for ordinary Christians and for activists looking for paths to connection and community with their brothers and sisters in the pews." - David O'Brien, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass."Public policy decisions in today's America threaten a complete reversal of traditional Christian values--new programs benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor; human and material resources are squandered on instruments of mass destruction while agencies designed to serve pressing human needs are dismantled for want of funds. Fr. Meehan's urgent call for a new social spirituality comes not a moment too soon." - Gordon C. Zahn, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts

Author : Allan Hugh Cole Jr.
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611641073

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A Spiritual Life by Allan Hugh Cole Jr. Pdf

This revealing collection presents a selection of twenty poets, prophets, and preachers who share their understandings of what makes a "good spiritual life." They draw on their professional experiences and, as important, grace us with their personal thoughts. The result is essentially a textbook for spirituality courses, exposing readers to the spiritual lives of a wonderfully diverse group of people with a wide range of Christian experiences. Every reader is sure to find a perspective with which he or she can identify.

Author : John Russell Graham,John Coates,Barbara Swartzentruber,Brian Ouellette
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781551303291

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Spirituality and Social Work by John Russell Graham,John Coates,Barbara Swartzentruber,Brian Ouellette Pdf

Spirituality is an area of thought and practice that is attracting an increasing amount of attention and interest from social work practitioners, theorists, and instructors. This book explores the history, practice, and diversity of faith traditions with which spirituality and social work are intertwined.

Author : Eugene H. Peterson,Jim Lyster,John Sharon,Peter Santucci
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802842978

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Subversive Spirituality by Eugene H. Peterson,Jim Lyster,John Sharon,Peter Santucci Pdf

In Subversive Spirituality Peterson has gathered together a host of writings penned over the past twenty-five years that reflect on the overlooked facets of the spiritual life. Comprising occasional pieces, short biblical studies, poetry, pastoral readings, and interviews, this work captures the epiphanies of life with the pleasing pastoral style and inspiring depth of insight for which Peterson is well known. Peterson describes his book this way: "This gathering of articles and essays, poems and conversations, is a kind of kitchen midden of my noticings of the obvious in the course of living out the Christian life in the vocational context of pastor, writer, and professor. The randomness and repetitions and false starts are rough edges that I am leaving as is in the interests of honesty. Spirituality is not, by and large, smooth. I do hope, however, that these pieces will be found to be freshly phrased".