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



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Autore: Leffel Gregory P. <1953-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Faith seeking action : mission, social movements, and the church in motion / / Gregory P. Leffel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2007
©2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
Disciplina: 261/.1
Soggetto topico: Mission of the church
Missions
Sociology, Biblical
Church and social problems
Social movements - Religious aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: Faith seeking action  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4616-5857-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452293003321
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Serie: Revitalization. . -Intercultural studies ; ; Number 1.