Women''s Work - The Transformational Power of Faith-Based Community Organizing

Women's Work draws on Susan L. Engh's experiences and those of 21 other women in faith-based organizing to demonstrate how women have been transformed and been agents of transformation. The various arenas described include religious congregations, denominations, community organizations, and the public square.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword Kim Bobo
Introduction
1. The Transformation of Women
2. The Transformation of Local Faith Communities
3. The Transformation of National Religious Bodies
4. The Transformation of Community Organizations
5. The Transformation of Communities
6. Women's Paths to Power
Biographical Profiles of the Women Interviewed for this Book
Glossary of Terms and Organizations
Recommended Reading
About the Author

About the author

Susan L. Engh is program director for congregation-based organizing for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and clergy consultant to the Gamaliel national network.

Summary

Women’s Work draws on Susan L. Engh’s experiences and those of 21 other women in faith-based organizing to demonstrate how women have been transformed and been agents of transformation. The various arenas described include religious congregations, denominations, community organizations, and the public square.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Engh, Susan L Engh, Susan L. Engh
• Assisted by: Bobo Kim (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781978706309
• ISBN: 978-1-978706-30-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Theology, Religious ethics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls