First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This unique book presents alternatives to a culture that creates competition, separation, and insecurity, focusing instead on communities that encourage civility, understanding, compromise, and altruism.
No competition. No pretense. No vain conceit. Just full hearts breaking bread and giving freely. It is nothing short of amazing. Most of us live in a shadow of what God intended for us. Life in Community calls us into the light.
Somehow we need to get our groups off life support and into authentic community. Pastor Brad House helps us to re-imagine what gospel-centered community looks like and shares from his experience leading and reproducing healthy small groups.
Both the descriptive and comparative aspects of this study are presented as they occurred in real life. The book is concerned with the medical, economic, sociological, and psychological facets of these former patients' daily lives.
Instead, the text argues that by better understanding the power and dynamics of ethnic enclaves and heritage places in our society, we as a society will be better prepared to harness the economic and cultural changes related to ...
Vanier and His Community and Growth Jean Vanier is the founder of L'Arche communities. He has dedicated his life to caring for the physically and mentally handicapped. His book, Community and Growth, is the fruit of his rich experience ...
This unique book presents alternatives to a culture that creates competition, separation, and insecurity, focusing instead on communities that encourage civility, understanding, compromise, and altruism.
Truly multidisciplinary, this book will be of interest to students of sociology, geography, political science and social policy and welfare.
Urban Community Life as a Backdrop and Context for Celebratory Events It is impossible to discuss community celebratory events without discussing the concept of community since it is the contextual setting (Cutchin et al., 2011; ...
"Katherine French puts a human face on the history of the English medieval parish between the end of the fourteenth century and the Reformation."—Carol Davidson-Cragoe, TMR