{"product_id":"land-of-stark-contrasts-faith-based-responses-to-homelessness-in-the-united-states-hardback-9780823293957","title":"Land of Stark Contrasts; Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the United States (Hardback) 9780823293957","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLand of Stark Contrasts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFaith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManuel Mejido Costoya (Edited by), Margaret Breen (Contributions by), Jeremy Brown (Contributions by), Sathianathan Clarke (Contributions by), John A. Coleman (Contributions by), María Teresa Dávila (Contributions by), Lauren Lawson (Contributions by), Manuel Mejido Costoya (Contributions by), Roberto Mata (Contributions by), James Spickard (Contributions by), Laura Stivers (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823293957\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 7 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.762 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important new volume showcasing a wide range of faith-based responses to one of today's most pressing social issues, challenging us to expand our ways of understanding. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLand of Stark Contrasts\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the work of social scientists, ethicists, and theologians exploring the profound role of religion in understanding and responding to homelessness and housing insecurity in all corners of the United States—from Seattle, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley to Dallas and San Antonio to Washington, D.C., and Boston.\u003cbr\u003e Together, the essays of\u003ci\u003e Land of Stark Contrasts\u003c\/i\u003e chart intriguing ways forward for future initiatives to address the root causes of homelessness. In this way they are essential reading for practical theologians, congregational leaders, and faith-based nonprofit organizers exploring how to combine spiritual and material care for homeless individuals and other vulnerable populations. Social workers, nonprofit managers, and policy specialists seeking to understand how to partner better with faith-based organizations will also find the chapters in this volume an invaluable resource.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors include James V. Spickard, Manuel Mejido Costoya and Margaret Breen, Michael R. Fisher Jr., Laura Stivers, Lauren Valk Lawson, Bruce Granville Miller, Nancy A. Khalil, John A. Coleman, S.J., Jeremy Phillip Brown, Paul Houston Blankenship, María Teresa Dávila, Roberto Mata, and Sathianathan Clarke.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCo-published with Seattle University's Center for Religious Wisdom and World Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel Mejido Costoya\u003c\/i\u003e   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Public Religion and Community Revitalization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Talking About Homelessness: \u003cbr\u003e Shifting Discourses and the Appeal to Religion in America's Seventh-Largest City\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames V. Spickard\u003c\/i\u003e   49\u003cbr\u003e Becoming More Effective Community Problem Solvers:\u003cbr\u003e Faith-Based Organizations, Civic Capacity, and the Homelessness Crisis in Puget Sound\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel Mejido Costoya and Margaret Breen \u003c\/i\u003e  72\u003cbr\u003e Disenfranchising the Unhoused: Urban Redevelopment,\u003cbr\u003e the Criminalization of Homelessness, and the Peril of Prosperity Theology in Dallas and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael R. Fisher Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e   117\u003cbr\u003e Religious Responses to Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area: \u003cbr\u003e Addressing White Supremacy and Racism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Stivers\u003c\/i\u003e   140\u003cbr\u003e Homelessness and Health in Seattle: \u003cbr\u003e Challenges and Opportunities of Faith-Based Services\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLauren Valk Lawson \u003c\/i\u003e  162\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Religious Worldviews and the Common Good Reimagined\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Homelessness and Coast Salish Spiritual Traditions: \u003cbr\u003e Cultural Resources for Programmatic Responses in British Columbia\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBruce Granville Miller\u003c\/i\u003e   193\u003cbr\u003e In These United States, Homelessness Is Who You Are:\u003cbr\u003e Examining a Socially Constructed Category through the Lens of an Interfaith Encounter in Downtown Boston\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy A. Khalil \u003c\/i\u003e  214\u003cbr\u003e Religion and Civic Activism Reconsidered: \u003cbr\u003e Situating Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn A. Coleman, S.J.\u003c\/i\u003e   226\u003cbr\u003e On the Passionality of Exile in Medieval Kabbalah:\u003cbr\u003e An Invitation to Historicize Contemporary Religious and Public Discourses on Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Phillip Brown\u003c\/i\u003e   250\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Theological Insights for Homeless Ministries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wounds of Love: Spiritual Care and Homelessness in the Streets of Seattle\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Houston Blankenship\u003c\/i\u003e   277\u003cbr\u003e Making Spirits Whole: Homeless Ministries as a Tool for Integral Development\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaría Teresa Dávila\u003c\/i\u003e   297\u003cbr\u003e \"And I Saw Googleville Descend from Heaven\": \u003cbr\u003e Reading the New Jerusalem in Gentrified Latinx Communities of Silicon Valley\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberto Mata\u003c\/i\u003e   316\u003cbr\u003e Offensive Wisdom: Homeless Neighbors, Bible Interpretation, and the Abode of God in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSathianathan Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e   331\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e   351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e   353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   357\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580427333912,"sku":"9780823293957","price":112.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/land-of-stark-contrasts-faith-based-responses-to-homelessness-in-the-united-states-hardback-9780823293957","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}