Doing Good Without Giving Up: Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change - Couverture souple

Lowe, Ben; Fernando, Ajith

 
9780830836796: Doing Good Without Giving Up: Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change
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ISBN 10 : 0830836799 ISBN 13 : 9780830836796
Editeur : Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2014

Synopsis

  • 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year (Social Justice)
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9 If you're working to make the world a better place, you might find yourself discouraged. Needs are overwhelming, resources are limited, opposition is real and progress is slow. How do we persevere when the novelty wears off and our enthusiasm runs out? We all want change in the world. But as C. S. Lewis put it, we don't get second things by placing them first; we get second things by keeping first things first. As Christians, we don't just aim at change; we aim at faithfulness, and out of faithfulness comes fruitfulness. Activist Ben Lowe renews our mission with key postures and practices for sustaining faithful social action. What makes social action distinctively Christian includes such things as living out Jesus? love, having a prophetic witness, building bridges with opponents, repudiating idolatries, and practicing repentance and sabbath. Moving beyond theory, Lowe showcases practical examples of what it looks like to persevere in faithful activism and advocacy today. Take heart. As you work for God, God is at work in you to keep your hope alive.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ben Lowe is on staff with the Evangelical Environmental Network and serves as the national spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. A dedicated activist and organizer, Ben was raised a missionary kid in Southeast Asia and now lives as part of an intentional community in a refugee and immigrant neighborhood outside Chicago, where he ran for US Congress in 2010. He is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and the author of Green Revolution.

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Éditeur
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0830836799
ISBN 13 
9780830836796
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1459699467 ISBN 13 :  9781459699465
Editeur : ReadHowYouWant, 2016
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