Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics
- 作者
- 出版社 Texas A & M University Press
- 出版时间 1990年1月
- ISBN 0929398130 或 9780929398136
- 定价 175.00
内容简介
ColdAngerisanimportantbookabouttheempowermentofworking-classcommunitiesthroughchurch-basedsocialactivism.Suchactivismiscertainlynotnew,buttheconsciousmergerofcommunityorganizingtacticswithreligiousbeliefsmaybe.TheorganizingapproachcomesfromAulAlinskyandhisIndustrialAreasFoundations(IAF)....ThebookisstructuredaroundthepolificallifeofErnestoCortesJr.,theleadIAForganizerwhohasearnedrecognitionasoneofthemostpowerfulindividualsinTexas(andwhohasbeenfeaturedonBillMoyers'WorldofIdeas)....Cortesfashionedahard-ballAlinskyapproachontothenaturalorganizinggroundofchurch-basedcomunities.TheexperimentbeganinSanAntonio...andwassuccessfulinthetransformationofSanAntoniopolitics.Suchdramaticsuccess...ledtosimilareffortsinHouston,FortWorth,ElPaso,theRioGrandeValley,Phoenix,LosAngeles,andNewYork,tomentiononlyafewsites.ExpansionbeyondSanAntoniomeantorganizingamongProtestantchurches,amongAfricanAmericanandwhite,andamongmiddle-classcommunities.Inshort,theseorganizingeffortshavetranscendedtheparticularisticlimitsofreligion,ethnicity,andclasswhilemaintainingachurchbaseandsenseofspiritualmission....Rogers'sclearlywrittenbookwillbeofgreatvaluetothescholar,student,andlaypersoninterestedinurbanpolitics,ethnicrelations,socialmovements,orchurchactivism.
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