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EMPOWERMENT - Couverture souple

Floyd, Roger

 
9780595374700: EMPOWERMENT
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595374700 ISBN 13 : 9780595374700
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Power is terrifying! Those who have it clutch it desperately-intimidating, even punishing those who might try to take it away. The powerless are afraid to risk the consequences of confronting those who victimize them. Those in the middle back off, conned by the hope that one day they might have some power. The issues are justice and fear.These fourteen stories are based on actual experiences of the author during forty years of urban ministry-a ministry that focused on issues of race and poverty.Racism is addressed in the accounts of a "freedom ride" into Georgia and the harassment of black mechanics in a city's Public Works Department. Manipulation by the wealthy, by local politicians, by corporations, and by legalized gambling is addressed in separate stories. Powerlessness is confronted in the lives of slum tenants, welfare mothers, street gangs, immigrants, and Labrador fishermen.The use (and abuse) of power inevitably results in ethical dilemmas, some of which are addressed in an appendix study guide.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Power is terrifying! Those who have it clutch it desperately-intimidating, even punishing those who might try to take it away. The powerless are afraid to risk the consequences of confronting those who victimize them. Those in the middle back off, conned by the hope that one day they might have some power. The issues are justice and fear.These fourteen stories are based on actual experiences of the author during forty years of urban ministry-a ministry that focused on issues of race and poverty.Racism is addressed in the accounts of a "freedom ride" into Georgia and the harassment of black mechanics in a city's Public Works Department. Manipulation by the wealthy, by local politicians, by corporations, and by legalized gambling is addressed in separate stories. Powerlessness is confronted in the lives of slum tenants, welfare mothers, street gangs, immigrants, and Labrador fishermen.The use (and abuse) of power inevitably results in ethical dilemmas, some of which are addressed in an appendix study guide.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author is an ordained United Methodist pastor who served three years as an educational missionary in Japan and 40 years as an ecumenical urban minister who specialized in issues of race and poverty.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595374700
ISBN 13 
9780595374700
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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