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Christian ministries often struggle to account for urbanization's
growing force, complexities, and reachaEURO"and to formulate
theologically and sociologically appropriate responses. Urban
Ministry Reconsidered features a collection of original essays by
leading scholars and practitioners that explores current issues and
challenges in urban communities. Together these articles consider
how cultural and structural frameworks have led to new
conceptualizations and configurations of urban ministry. In
addition, they examine the degree to which the social, spiritual,
and organizational priorities of urban ministries have been
reconceived in response to these shifts.
After the 2008 election and 2012 reelection of Barack Obama as US
president and the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as the first of
several blacks to serve as South Africa's president, many within
the two countries have declared race to be irrelevant. For
contributors to this volume, the presumed demise of race may be
premature. Given continued racial disparities in income, education,
and employment, as well as in perceptions of problems and promise
within the two countries, much healing remains unfinished.
Nevertheless, despite persistently pronounced disparities between
black and white realities, it has become more difficult to
articulate racial issues. Some deem ""race"" an increasingly
unnecessary identity in these more self-consciously ""post-racial""
times. The volume engages post-racial ideas in both their
limitations and promise. Contributors look specifically at the
extent to which a church's contemporary response to race
consciousness and post-racial consciousness enables it to give an
accurate public account of race.
After the 2008 election and 2012 reelection of Barack Obama as US
president and the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as the first of
several blacks to serve as South Africa's president, many within
the two countries have declared race to be irrelevant. For
contributors to this volume, the presumed demise of race may be
premature. Given continued racial disparities in income, education,
and employment, as well as in perceptions of problems and promise
within the two countries, much healing remains unfinished.
Nevertheless, despite persistently pronounced disparities between
black and white realities, it has become more difficult to
articulate racial issues. Some deem ""race"" an increasingly
unnecessary identity in these more self-consciously ""post-racial""
times. The volume engages post-racial ideas in both their
limitations and promise. Contributors look specifically at the
extent to which a church's contemporary response to race
consciousness and post-racial consciousness enables it to give an
accurate public account of race.
This volume examines relations between U.S. Protestants and Africa
since the end of colonial rule. It draws attention to shifting
ecclesiastical and socio-political priorities, especially the
decreased momentum of social justice advocacy and the growing
missionary influence of churches emphasizing spiritual revival and
personal prosperity. The book provides a thought-provoking
assessment of U.S. Protestant involvements with Africa, and it
proposes forms of engagement that build upon ecclesiastical
dynamism within American and African contexts.
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