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Indlæser... Called to Community: New Directions in Unitarian Universalist Ministry (udgave 2013)af Dorothy May Emerson, Anita Farber-Robertson, Mary McKinnon Ganz (Bidragyder), Rebecca Ann Parker (Bidragyder), Kathleen R. Parker (Bidragyder)
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This book offers thought-provoking perspectives on putting liberal religious values into action to address real problems in local communities and in the world. The story of these innovative ministries is intended to inspire change in thinking and practice. This collection of essays invites readers to consider how liberal religion can address social issues through innovative community ministries beyond the walls of congregations. It provides historical and theological perspectives on community ministry and offers engaging real-life stories of community ministries in action.The authors have a long history of working in community ministry and they bring their experience, their inspiration, and their concerns, shared by them and their ministerial colleagues in the field to their accounts of this important story. There is no other book that tells the story of the challenges and potential of Unitarian Universalist Community Ministry for today and the future. No library descriptions found. |
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Overall I found this book encouraging. There are so many different ways to serve as a community minster, and it's so exciting to read about the work that community ministers are doing. It was also interesting to think about bringing the message and meaning of Unitarian Universalism to the population outside of the congregation. It helped me to understand the motivations of my friends who are/have been missionaries in other denominations. It was, however, a bit disheartening to read about the isolation and scrambling for funds that community ministers almost universally seem to have to do, although the reasons for this lack of institutional support---based in large part in the friction between the Unitarian tradition of power residing in congregations and the Universalist tradition of walking the talk in the wider world---prompted some ah-ha moments for me about the denomination.
It took me a while to get through it, but I'm very glad I read this book. ( )