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Faith Seeking Action : Mission, Social Movements, and the Church in Motion.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Intercultural studiesPublication details: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781461658573
  • 1461658578
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faith Seeking Action : Mission, Social Movements, and the Church in Motion.DDC classification:
  • 261/.1 22
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  • BV601.8
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
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Summary: 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.
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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.

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.

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