Rising Expectations: Urban Congregations, Welfare Reform, and Civic Life

by Arthur Emery Farnsley II

Rising Expectations examines the current attempts to enlist religious congregations as partners in social services and community development. It highlights stark demographic realities about urban congregations in order to challenge current assumptions about welfare reform and to encourage realistic expectations for the future. Both governmental officials and civic leaders are calling on religious congregations to become more active partners in social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253341957
• ISBN13: 9780253341952
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.7"