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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452293003321

Autore

Leffel Gregory P. <1953->

Titolo

Faith seeking action : mission, social movements, and the church in motion / / Gregory P. Leffel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4616-5857-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Revitalization: Explorations in World Christian Movements Intercultural Studies ; ; Number 1

Disciplina

261/.1

Soggetti

Mission of the church

Missions

Sociology, Biblical

Church and social problems

Social movements - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Series Foreword J. Steven O'Malley and Howard A. Snyder; Sub-Series Foreword Michael A. Rynkiewich; Introduction; 1 Mission and Movements; 2 Toward a Missio-Ecclesiology; 3 Social Movements: An Interpretive Framework; 4 The Antiglobalization Movement; 5 The Sanctuary Movement; 6 The Xenos Christian Fellowship House Church Movement; 7 Social Movements: An Action Framework; 8 Missio-Ecclesiology: Faith Seeking Action; 9 Mission and Imagination; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Faith Seeking Action, author Gregory Leffel links a description of the church as a global movement with a description of contemporary social movements that are actively challenging today's societies, such as the environmental, global justice, and identity movements. Not surprisingly, Christian communities and communities of social activists



share much in common as they each work to enrich their societies. It is natural then to ask what missionally-concerned Christians may learn from social movements about the public role of their churches, the connection of their beliefs to social change, a