The Church And The Slums
DOWNLOAD
Download The Church And The Slums PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Church And The Slums book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Church And The Slums
DOWNLOAD
Author : Alastair Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-02
The Church And The Slums written by Alastair Wilcox and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-02 with History categories.
Organised religion played such a central part in Victorian life that it is impossible to understand this era without some reference to it. Yet the question, which worried the Victorians, still remains, how religious was the mass of Victorian society? Recent scholarship has challenged the orthodoxy that the working classes, and the working classes of large urban centres in particular, were irreligious. Yet Liverpool, with its large migratory population, including Roman Catholics from Ireland and Nonconformists from Wales and Scotland, appeared to offer unpromising ground for the Anglican Church to sow its seed. Within the city, Liverpool’s notorious slums seemed to offer the most barren ground of all. What strategies did the Anglican clergy employ to make their churches work at a grassroots level? How could they overcome the problems they faced, which ranged from the hostility of the local community to severe financial constraints? How helpful was the advice dispensed by Church handbooks in dealing with these challenges? More important, is it now possible to estimate the success in gaining not only worshippers, but a wider penumbra of working class adherents to church-based activities? Some of Liverpool’s more aristocratic churches were overwhelmed by the encroaching city slums, and the reaction of at least one clergyman was to retreat within his vicarage, and ‘shut up shop’. However, other clergy set about energetically working the slums. Largely Oxbridge men, with a very different background in social and educational terms to their flock, they made surprising progress. By drawing upon a variety of local sources, including many hitherto unused, this book contends that it is possible to evaluate the success of the Anglican Church in the slums. The Church had successes not only to be judged solely by the number of working class worshippers, but also by the uses the local community made of rites of passage, philanthropic activities and the clubs and societies offered by the Anglican Church in Liverpool. This book is aimed at readers interested in researching family and local history as well as those following wider national trends in religious history.
Companion To The Poor
DOWNLOAD
Author : Viv Grigg
language : en
Publisher: Authentic and World Vision
Release Date : 2004
Companion To The Poor written by Viv Grigg and has been published by Authentic and World Vision this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Church and social problems categories.
When he entered the Manila squatter settlement of Tatalon in 1979, Grigg knew what he wanted to do but not how to do it. The need was obvious - to establish a Christian church among Asia's forgotten people, the impoverished slum dwellers of its vast megalopolises. The challenge was to find a way that did not treat people's spiritual needs in isolation from their poverty, without simply becoming another economic or social relief program with no evangelistic component. This book is the enthralling story of how the author met and solved this problem. But in a sense, it is an unfinished story. What has begun is but the beginning of the founding of a Christian community in a dark place. This is not Viv Grigg's story alone, but God's story. For it is God who is working in Tatalon and urban slums like it, and giving people a hope that affects all of life. Viv Grigg challenges us to reexamine our strategies and design new approaches that will build Christ's kingdom among the poor "who comprise nearly half the world."
Parish Transformation In Urban Slums
DOWNLOAD
Author : Christine Bodewes
language : en
Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa
Release Date : 2005
Parish Transformation In Urban Slums written by Christine Bodewes and has been published by Paulines Publications Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Christian communities categories.
"The poverty of people living in urban slums in Kenya and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the greatest scandals of our time. Much has been written about the causes of poverty, yet there seems to be little improvement. One reason for this failure is that many programmes are focused on "doing something for the poor but not with the poor." Through a two-year process of social analysis and theological reflection, the parishioners of Christ the King Catholic Church in Kibera slum examined the many injustices facing them in their daily lives. The aim of the parish was to better understand the reality of life in Kibera so that it could people improve their lives in a more responsive and holistic way. This book is a summary of the parish's findings. In their own words, parishioners describe their history, living conditions, socio-economic problems, parish life and African culture that are particular to Kibera. It is a unique perspective because parishioners evaluated these problems in the light of their faith. As a Christian community, parishioners made a plan and have begun their own initiatives to resolve the most serious injustices facing them. This is an important resource for people working in slums."--p. 4 of cover.
The Church In The Slums
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marie Sandvik
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
The Church In The Slums written by Marie Sandvik and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Alcoholics categories.
Church The Slum
DOWNLOAD
Author : William Henry B. 1855 Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Church The Slum written by William Henry B. 1855 Crawford and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Civil Society In Africa
DOWNLOAD
Author : Christine Bodewes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-03
Civil Society In Africa written by Christine Bodewes and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-03 with Religion categories.
This book examines the efforts of one particular civil society organization, the human rights ministry of a Catholic parish located in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, to determine the extent to which it was able to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It concludes from an analysis of the social, economic and political environment of Kibera as well as church structures, that parishioners demonstrated an observable improvement in their democratic values and behavior at a localized level, but they did not increase their involvement in advocacy and lobbying efforts. Parishioners were inhibited from holding government officials to account for their abuse of power primarily due to fears of retaliation; other factors such as apathy, ethnic divisions, limited resources and restrictive church protocols further curtailed their actions. The findings of this book are important for scholars and students active in the fields of political science, African Christianity, development studies, international law and human rights. This book is also an important resource for practitioners who are addressing the social, legal, political challenges facing the urban poor in Africa.
The Church And The Ghetto
DOWNLOAD
Author : Elise Linder Donahower
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Church And The Ghetto written by Elise Linder Donahower and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Church and social problems categories.
The Slums
DOWNLOAD
Author : Francesco Pierli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Slums written by Francesco Pierli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Church and social problems categories.
The Church Of England And Her Slum Ground Rents
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
The Church Of England And Her Slum Ground Rents written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with categories.
What S So Blessed About Being Poor
DOWNLOAD
Author : L. Susan Slavin
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2013-09-01
What S So Blessed About Being Poor written by L. Susan Slavin and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Religion categories.
An inspiring exploration of how happiness and holiness can exist in the midst of poverty and illness. Two lay women who have chosen to live among the poor in East Africa, one a Maryknoll lay mission, and the other, a New York attorney who left her law practice to become a lay mission with the Franciscans minister to the poor in Kenya. Slavin first met Salvador when she was volunteering as a lawyer working in a justice and peace program in Kenya. Slavin was intrigued by the well-known phrase "Blessed are the poor." After approaching this seeming paradox through unrewarding library research, she decided that she would join Salvador in her ministry to AIDS orphans to try to understand how the poor can be "blessed." This account tells of their experiences as they worked together with the poor, primarily AIDS orphans, in the slums of Kenya. Photos will be included.