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Social Analysis for the 21st Century How Faith Becomes Action

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Orbis Books 2015Description: 271pISBN:
  • 9781626981430
DDC classification:
  • C82 C490
Partial contents:
1. Our sacred calling in the world: Rooted in hope ...1 Seeing the world ...1 Why is this happening? what am i supposed to do about1t? ...6 Can we meet this challenge ...12 2. Transformation: our call to love and serve ...26 Transformation ...27 The old testament: Stories of transformation ...31 The new testament: God`s incarnation ...38 Calls for transformation in the catholic social tradition ...43 3. Getting started ...57 Experience ...58 The basic steps ...58 Choose a topic ...59 Using narratives and data ...67 Limit the topic ...69 Give reasons for the choice ...71 Name your experience ...71 See who is missing from the tabble ...74 4. Social analysis ...77 Introduction to social analysis and system ...80 The steps of social analysis ...85 Sociologiacal analysis ...86 Economic analusis ...94 Political analysis ...100 Cultural analysis ...104 Environmntal analysis ...109 Religious analysis ...113 Dealing with differences ...120 5. Faith reflection: Discernment for decisionmaking ...125 Openness ...128 Dependence on god ...130 Radical availability ...131 Deepest values ...132 Role ownership ...135 Communal discernment ...136 Gazing ...137 Religious (moral) imagination ...138 Insight ....140 Commitment to action ....142 Conclusion ...145 6. Action: Service in solidarity ...147 Three guiding insights ...149 Taking action ...153 Challenges, responses, and gifts: spirituality for the long haul ...166 7. Leadership for change: how to help change efforts succed ...169 Why is this time so challenging ...171 Types of leadership record ...173 Elements of adaptive and creative leadership ....176 Dynamics of change and strategies for managing resistance to change ...179 Qualities of innovative leadership ...189 8.Dpoing social analysis using the pastoral spiral: A sampling of cases ...202 Case study1: From domestic violence to domestic peace ...203 Case study2: To frack or not to frack ...211 International applications ...220 Conclusion ...223
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1. Our sacred calling in the world: Rooted in hope ...1 Seeing the world ...1 Why is this happening? what am i supposed to do about1t? ...6 Can we meet this challenge ...12 2. Transformation: our call to love and serve ...26 Transformation ...27 The old testament: Stories of transformation ...31 The new testament: God`s incarnation ...38 Calls for transformation in the catholic social tradition ...43 3. Getting started ...57 Experience ...58 The basic steps ...58 Choose a topic ...59 Using narratives and data ...67 Limit the topic ...69 Give reasons for the choice ...71 Name your experience ...71 See who is missing from the tabble ...74 4. Social analysis ...77 Introduction to social analysis and system ...80 The steps of social analysis ...85 Sociologiacal analysis ...86 Economic analusis ...94 Political analysis ...100 Cultural analysis ...104 Environmntal analysis ...109 Religious analysis ...113 Dealing with differences ...120 5. Faith reflection: Discernment for decisionmaking ...125 Openness ...128 Dependence on god ...130 Radical availability ...131 Deepest values ...132 Role ownership ...135 Communal discernment ...136 Gazing ...137 Religious (moral) imagination ...138 Insight ....140 Commitment to action ....142 Conclusion ...145 6. Action: Service in solidarity ...147 Three guiding insights ...149 Taking action ...153 Challenges, responses, and gifts: spirituality for the long haul ...166 7. Leadership for change: how to help change efforts succed ...169 Why is this time so challenging ...171 Types of leadership record ...173 Elements of adaptive and creative leadership ....176 Dynamics of change and strategies for managing resistance to change ...179 Qualities of innovative leadership ...189 8.Dpoing social analysis using the pastoral spiral: A sampling of cases ...202 Case study1: From domestic violence to domestic peace ...203 Case study2: To frack or not to frack ...211 International applications ...220 Conclusion ...223

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