Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right

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This is an in-depth how-to manual for those involved in or interested in Christian community development among our nation’s poor. Dr. Perkins, along with fourteen other urban ministry professionals, shares a wealth of experience in this practical handbook…. More >>

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Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America’s Most Controversial Antipoverty Community Organizing Group

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“There is more value on a single page of Seeds of Change than in a year’s worth of Rush Limbaugh screeds combined with a lifetime of Sarah Palin sneers at community organizers.” –Todd Gitlin

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The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese

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The parish, the lowest level of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability, and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and sacred concerns. In The People of the Parish, Katherine L. French contends that late medieval religion wa… More >>

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