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When the Bottom Line Is Faithfulness

Management of Christian Service Organizations

By: Thomas H. Jeavons

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When the Bottom Line Is Faithfulness

Management of Christian Service Organizations

By: Thomas H. Jeavons

This book contains invaluable reflections for managers of all types of Christian organizations." -- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly "The book is most helpful in its analysis of Christian service organizations and its suggestions for their management." -- Mennonite Quarterly Review "... this thoughtful and engaging book makes a major contribution to the study of the nonprofit sector and helps tackle the void that exists in the analysis of religious service organizations."Â -- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly This book provides the principles that can help religious service organizations foster good management and achieve their foundational goals.

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Indiana University Press

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0253112753

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9780253112750

The Quakers in America

By: Thomas D. Hamm

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The Quakers in America

By: Thomas D. Hamm

The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.

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Columbia University Press

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023150893X

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9780231508933

Buying Respectability

Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s

By: Thomas Adam

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Buying Respectability

Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s

By: Thomas Adam

In 19th-century Leipzig, Toronto, New York, and Boston, a newly emergent group of industrialists and entrepreneurs entered into competition with older established elite groups for social recognition as well as cultural and political leadership. The competition was played out on the field of philanthropy, with the North American community gathering ideas from Europe about the establishment of cultural and public institutions. For example, to secure financing for their new museum, the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized its membership and fundraising on the model of German art museums. The process of cultural borrowing and intercultural transfer shaped urban landscapes with the building of new libraries, museums, and social housing projects. An important contribution to the relatively new field of transnational history, this book establishes philanthropy as a prime example of the conversion of economic resources into social and cultural capital.

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Indiana University Press

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