Living Faith - Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty

Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds.

About the author

Susan Crawford Sullivan is assistant professor of sociology and an Edward Bennett Williams Fellow at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Summary

Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Crawford Sullivan, Sullivan Susan Crawford
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9780226781600
• ISBN: 978-0-226-78160-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Morality and Society Series; Morality and Society (Hardcove; Morality and Society Series; Morality and Society (Hardcove
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Poverty & unemployment, Christian life & practice, Gender studies: women, Christian life and practice, Religion and beliefs, Gender studies: women and girls, RELIGION / Christian Living / Women's Interests, Poverty and precarity