Faith In The City

Author : Angela D. Dillard
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472032075

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Faith in the City by Angela D. Dillard Pdf

"Spanning more than three decades and organized around the biographies of Reverends Charles A. Hill and Albert B. Cleage Jr., Faith in the City is a major new exploration of how the worlds of politics and faith merged for many of Detroit s African Americans a convergence that provided the community with a powerful new voice and identity. While other religions have mixed politics and creed, Faith in the City shows how this fusion was and continues to be particularly vital to African American clergy and the Black freedom struggle. Activists in cities such as Detroit sustained a record of progressive politics over the course of three decades. Angela Dillard reveals this generational link and describes what the activism of the 1960s owed to that of the 1930s. The labor movement, for example, provided Detroit s Black activists, both inside and outside the unions, with organizational power and experience virtually unmatched by any other African American urban community"--Publisher description.

Author : Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority Areas
Publisher : Church House Pub
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015017661128

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Faith in the City by Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority Areas Pdf

Four years after Lord Scarman's report on the Brixton disorders, and at a time of continuing urban unrest, what future is there for our inner cities and housing estates? How should the Church of England, and other bodies, including government, respond? This was the brief given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to a distinguished 18-member Commission drawn from a wide range of backgrounds. After two years of taking evidence and visiting the major cities where economic, physical and social conditions are at their most acute and depressing, the Commission's report paints a disturbing picture. The report makes recommendations to the Church about its place and responsibilities in the urban priority areas. Important recommendations are also made about public policy issues: unemployment, housing, social and community work, education, policing, and urban policy. In its call for action on a broad front, the Commission argues that Church and State must have faith in the city. There needs to be a clear commitment - and a positive response - by the nation as a whole.

Author : Sara Miles
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848256231

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City of God by Sara Miles Pdf

City of God is a moving, prophetic account of the divine in daily life. It tells the story of one day in Sara’s ministry: Ash Wednesday, when she carries ashes out of church to public places. Sara explores the profound meanings set loose by touching the forehead of a stranger and paints an unforgettable picture of the search for God all around us.

Author : Lowell W Livezey
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814753217

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Public Religion and Urban Transformation by Lowell W Livezey Pdf

American cities are in the midst of fundamental changes. De-industrialization of large, aging cities has been enormously disruptive for urban communities, which are being increasingly fragmented. Though often overlooked, religious organizations are important actors, both culturally and politically in the restructuring metropolis. Public Religion and Urban Transformation provides a sweeping view of urban religion in response to these transformations. Drawing on a massive study of over seventy-five congregations in urban neighborhoods, this volume provides the most comprehensive picture available of urban places of worship-from mosques and gurdwaras to churches and synagogues-within one city. Revisiting the primary site of research for the early members of the Chicago School of urban sociology, the volume focuses on Chicago, which provides an exceptionally clear lens on the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism. From the churches of a Mexican American neighborhood and of the Black middle class to communities shared by Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Muslims and the rise of "megachurches," Public Religion and Urban Transformation illuminates the complex interactions among religion, urban structure, and social change at this extraordinary episode in the history of urban America.

Author : Dinham, Adam,Furbey, Robert,Vivien Lowndes
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 184742029X

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Faith in the Public Realm by Dinham, Adam,Furbey, Robert,Vivien Lowndes Pdf

Faith and religion is a hot topic at the moment, and this text explores key issues for faith and religious groups. Understanding the role of faith in the policy world is of increasing importance, and chapters are arranged around themes, which helps students understand the concepts.

Author : Mark R. Gornik,Maria Liu Wong
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467448499

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Stay in the City by Mark R. Gornik,Maria Liu Wong Pdf

We live in an urban age. To a degree unprecedented in human history, most of the world's people live in cities. It is thus vital, say Mark Gornik and Maria Liu Wong, for Christians to think constructively about how to live out their faith in an urban setting. In Stay in the City Gornik and Liu Wong look at what is happening in the urban church—and what Christians everywhere can learn from it. Once viewed suspiciously for their worldly temptations and vices, cities are increasingly becoming centers of vibrant Christian faith. Writing from their experience living and working in New York City, Gornik and Liu Wong invite readers everywhere to join together in creating a more flourishing—and faith-filled—urban world.

Author : Joseph Loconte
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781595554475

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The Searchers by Joseph Loconte Pdf

Never before had they known such hope. In a world drenched in violence and oppression, here was a man armed with a message of peace and freedom. Into lives nearly overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, he brought compassion and healing and the deepest joy. To people who felt like outcasts and aliens, he showed the way home. And then, in one devastating night, all their hopes collapsed. This is where our story begins—in the valley of despair. It is a tale of two friends, a stranger, and a search for truth in a world gone mad with doubt. Historian Joseph Loconte unlocks the meaning of their exchange, set in the chaotic days following the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. Drawing from literature, film, philosophy, history, and politics, Loconte shows how this biblical drama is an integral part of our own story. Sooner or later, we will find ourselves among the searchers.

Author : Commission on Urban Priority Areas,Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority Areas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : OCLC:1110417954

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Faith in the City by Commission on Urban Priority Areas,Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority Areas Pdf

Author : Church of England. Bishops' Advisory Group on Urban Priority Areas
Publisher : Church House Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0715137808

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Staying in the City by Church of England. Bishops' Advisory Group on Urban Priority Areas Pdf

This report from the Bishops' Advisory Group on Urban Priority Areas reviews what has been done since "Faith in the City" and looks forward to the challenges which the Church must face if it wants to maintain its presence in the city.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unicorn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 191269073X

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Faith in the City of London by Anonim Pdf

The mention of faith in the city of London first conjures images of ceremonies in St. Paul's Cathedral, but there are more than forty other Anglican churches, as well as Jewish, Dutch, Catholic, and Welsh places of worship squeezed in between the Square Mile's towers of commerce. Intrigued by this incongruity, acclaimed London photographer Niki Gorick has gained unique access to capture the day-to-day workings of these ancient buildings. In her exploration, she discovered a vibrant, diverse spiritual life stretching out into many faiths. This is a book about London and Londoners from a previously unexplored angle, revealing a rich mix of characters, traditions, and human-interest stories. From weddings, communions, evangelical studies, and carol services to Knights Templar investitures, fish displays, Afghan music, and vicars wielding knives, the photographs show an extraordinary range of spiritual goings-on and charismatic personalities. For the first time, readers get to glimpse a side of London's Square Mile not dominated by money-making, where city workers try to connect to life's deeper meanings and where religious traditions and questions of faith are still very much alive. With stunning images and an introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith, Faith in the City of London dispels many preconceptions about the capital and captures the true character of its inhabitants.

Author : David Isiorho
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532699160

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Faith in Unions by David Isiorho Pdf

Faith in Unions is a personal account, representing a critique of Whiteness and Black marginality in the Faith Workers Trade Union. In short, it is a Black theology critique of the way Muslim and Hindu faith workers have been treated in the British Labour movement. This book clearly has things to say about discriminatory practices, which puts the discussion about Englishness and Britishness into a wider context. I am suggesting a political agenda associated with English ethnicity as the mode of involvement to explain policies that are likely to result in racialised religious exclusion. Faith in Unions gives focus to Muslim and Hindu workplace groupings within the Faith Workers Branch and the opposition to their formation from Anglican and Methodist Christian members. I am concerned with the struggle for faith recognition within a discriminatory and institutionally racist union structure. This book offers an explicit exploration of what I mean by “the racialised other” in the context of the British Labour movement. In this we need to understand the ways historical Christianity has defined Black identities. My conclusion hopefully will start a wider discussion of Englishness and English exclusivity.

Author : Mary Lethert Wingerd
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801488850

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Claiming the City by Mary Lethert Wingerd Pdf

The author brings together the voices of citizens and workers and the power dynamics of civic leaders including James J. Hill and Archbishop John Ireland.

Author : John Michael Giggie,Diane H. Winston
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0813530997

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Faith in the Market by John Michael Giggie,Diane H. Winston Pdf

Reveals the many ways in which religious groups actually embraced commercial culture to establish an urban presence. [back cover].

Author : Katie Day
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199366880

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Faith on the Avenue by Katie Day Pdf

In a richly illustrated, revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 Christian and Muslim congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban environment. Germantown Avenue cuts through Philadelphia for eight and a half miles, from the affluent neighborhood of Chestnut Hill through the high crime section known as "the Badlands." The congregations along this route range from the wealthiest to the poorest populations in Philadelphia. Some congregants are immigrants who find safety and support in close fellowship, while others are long-time residents whose congregations work actively to provide social services. Cities undergo constant change, and their congregations change with them. As Day observes, some congregations have sprung up in former commercial strips, harboring new arrivals and recreating a sense of home, and others form an anchor for a neighborhood across generations, providing a connection to the past and a hope of stability for the future. Drawing on years of research, in-depth interviews with religious leaders and congregants, and a wealth of demographic data, Day demonstrates the powerful influence cities exert on their congregations, and the surprising and important impact congregations have on their urban environments.

Author : Beaumont, Justin,Cloke, Paul
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847428356

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Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities by Beaumont, Justin,Cloke, Paul Pdf

At a time of heightened neoliberal globalisation and crisis, welfare state retrenchment and desecularisation of society, amid uniquely European controversies over immigration, integration and religious-based radicalism, this timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the contributions to the volume present original research examples and a pan-European perspective to assess the role of FBOs in combating poverty and various expressions of exclusion and social distress in cities across Europe. This significant and highly topical volume should become a vital reference source for the burgeoning number of studies that are likely follow and will make essential reading for students and academics in social policy, sociology, geography, politics, urban studies and theology/ religious studies.