Location	Call Number	Status
1/F Collection	BT 738 .U578	Available

Table of Contents

• Introduction : church-based social ministry in context
• The churches and their ministries
• Case studies of faith in action
• Perceptions of spiritual meaning in faith- based social action
• Religious elements of faith-based social programs
• A typology of faith-based organizations and programs
• Defining mission orientations : the relationship between social action and evangelism
• Influences on congregational mission
• Conversionist churches and social action
• Does faith work? : spiritual dynamics and social outcomes
• Social capital and spiritual capital
• Conclusion : new understandings, new questions, new opportunities
• Appendix 1 : profiles of the case-study churches
• Appendix 2 : pastoral interview (excerpt)

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310) and index

Subjects

• Christian charities
• Christian sociology
• Church and social problems
• Evangelistic work
• Missions--Theory

Authors

• Unruh, Heidi Rolland
• Sider, Ronald J

Additional Title

• Saving souls, serving society

Publisher

• Oxford University Press

Call Number

• BT 738 .U578

ISBN

• 0195161556
• 9780195161557

Content Type

• text

Carrier Type

• volume

Media Type

• unmediated

Permanent link to this record:

• https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AKtX