Bridges over Troubled Water: The Role of Faith in Creating Social Capital
This article presents a comparative case study of two faith-based community partnerships created in answer to crisis situations involving food distribution to the needy. Theoretically grounded in social capital theory it describes how two faith-based organizations built bridges with other groups to...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2016
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International journal of public theology
Année: 2016, Volume: 10, Numéro: 1, Pages: 93-115 |
RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AX Dialogue interreligieux BJ Islam CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses RK Diaconie |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Social Capital
partnership
faith
trust
leadership
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Résumé: | This article presents a comparative case study of two faith-based community partnerships created in answer to crisis situations involving food distribution to the needy. Theoretically grounded in social capital theory it describes how two faith-based organizations built bridges with other groups to create new social capital. In both cases the foundation supporting these bridges was faith, both institutional and personal; faith that reached beyond parochialism to embrace universal humanitarian objectives. It was this faith that informed the visionary leadership and trust necessary to create an active multi-faith, multicultural partnership that withstood both internal and external challenges. The types of communal bonds that were created, crossing race, religion and ethnicity are essential in multicultural societies. |
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ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
Contient: | In: International journal of public theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341430 |