Rising Expectations: Urban Congregations, Welfare Reform, and Civic Life

Author:   Arthur Emery Farnsley
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
ISBN:  

9780253341952


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   19 March 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Arthur Emery Farnsley
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780253341952


ISBN 10:   0253341957
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   19 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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1. Congregations as Community Organizations 2. Congregations as Urban Organizations 3. Types of Congregations 4. How Well Do Congregations Know Their Neighbors? 5. Is Smaller Better? 6. Can Congregations Impart Values? 7. What Happens to Congregations? 8. Crossing Boundaries Cautiously 9. Realistic Expectations

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Arthur E. Farnsley II is Senior Research Associate at The Polis Center, an urban think-tank. His commentary on religion, politics, and public life has appeared in magazines and on the op-ed pages of newspapers across the country, as well as in academic journals and in the book Southern Baptist Politics (Penn State Press, 1994). During the late 1990's, he consulted on Indianapolis's most prominent experiments in faith-based social service partnerships.

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