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"Amazing Pressure" - The Hidden History of Stewardship in American Protestantism (Paperback)
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"Amazing Pressure" - The Hidden History of Stewardship in American Protestantism (Paperback)
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Loot Price R419
Discovery Miles 4 190
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As Americans, we like to see ourselves as a "giving" peple, willing
to support religious and secular efforts through our contributions
of time and money. But for all its popularity, what does this
framing concept of stewardship mean for our giving? How did we come
to rely so entirely on this idea? What can we discover through a
look back to its origins? Can a fuller understanding of stewardship
prompt us to fresh thinking about our own giving? This is a tale of
the American Protestant search for money and meaning in giving,
drawing on historical texts to tell a story that has been largely
hidden from view. The story is told through the writingss of key
figures-pastors, lay leaders, thinkers, novelists,
fundraisers-spanning American life for the past two centuries.
Through introductory essays, Robert W. Lynn, a respected historian
of giving traditions in Protestantism, sets these voices in their
broader social context. This is a story specific to Protestant
congregations, yet relevant to many other American organizations as
well. It is above all the story of a great pressure to raise
funds-an "amazing pressure," in the apt description of one 19th
century church leader, Jeremiah Evarts-and of the struggles of
Evarts and others to reconcile their fundraising with their faith
through differing visions of giving. The authors hope that
listening to these lesser known but compelling voices and
understanding the context in which they lived and worked may serve
to nourish our own imaginations about giving.
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