It Comes from the People: Community Development and Local Theology - Softcover

Hinsdale, Mary Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566392128 ISBN 13: 9781566392129

Verlag: Temple University Press,U.S., 1995

Inhaltsangabe

The closing of local mines and factories collapsed the economic and social structure of Ivanhoe, Virginia, a small, rural town once considered a dying community "on the rough side of the mountain." Documenting the creative survival techniques developed by Ivanhoe citizens in the aftermath, It Comes from the People tells how this community organized to revitalize the town and demand participation in its future.
Photos, interviews, stories, songs, poems, and scenes from a local theater production tell how this process of rebuilding gradually uncovered the community's own local theology and a growing consciousness of cultural and religious values. A significant aspect of this social transformation in Ivanhoe, as in many rural areas, was the emergence of women as leaders, educators, and organizers, developing new approaches to revive the economy and the people simultaneously.
This book is unusually open about the difficult process faced by outside researchers working with community members to describe community life. It discusses the inherent dilemmas frankly and presents a model for those who engage in community studies and ethnographic research.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Mary Ann Hinsdale is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Boston College.

S. Maxine Waller is President of the Ivanhoe Civic League and directs community-based student volunteer programs in Virginia.

Mary Ann Hinsdale is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Boston College.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1566392128
• ISBN 13: 9781566392129
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande