Thousands are active today seeking to make the world a better place. It is a great American tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Sometimes such reform movements were very effective and sometimes they weren't. What made the difference? How come some grand ideals were fulfilled and others faded away?*...
Thousands are active today seeking to make the world a better place. It is a great American tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Sometimes such reform movements were very effective and sometimes they weren't. What made the difference? How come some grand ideals were fulfilled and others faded away?* Savingthe environment. * Helping the poor. * Stopping abortion. * Feeding the hungry. * Increasing fair trade. * Eliminating pornography. * Ending racism.
Tim Stafford explores the patterns of successful and failed reform movements to highlight what activists today can learn. * How can activists keep from burning out? * How can they avoid the lure of violence? * What are ways to engage politics that are at once practical and ethical?
The great American reform movements of the last two centuries have an abundance of down-to-earth guidance to offer on these and other vital questions. Tim Stafford weaves the stories of the abolitionist movement, the temperance movement, the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement into this readable and practical study with application to those today who are motivated by the gospel to make a difference in the world
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Thousands are active today seeking to make the world a better place. It is a great American tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Sometimes such reform movements were very effective and sometimes they weren't. What made the difference? How come some grand ideals were fulfilled and others faded away?*...
Thousands are active today seeking to make the world a better place. It is a great American tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Sometimes such reform movements were very effective and sometimes they weren't. What made the difference? How come some grand ideals were fulfilled and others faded away?* Savingthe environment. * Helping the poor. * Stopping abortion. * Feeding the hungry. * Increasing fair trade. * Eliminating pornography. * Ending racism.
Tim Stafford explores the patterns of successful and failed reform movements to highlight what activists today can learn. * How can activists keep from burning out? * How can they avoid the lure of violence? * What are ways to engage politics that are at once practical and ethical?
The great American reform movements of the last two centuries have an abundance of down-to-earth guidance to offer on these and other vital questions. Tim Stafford weaves the stories of the abolitionist movement, the temperance movement, the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement into this readable and practical study with application to those today who are motivated by the gospel to make a difference in the world
Shaking the System$25.99
Koorong code263210
ISBN9780830834365
Pages176
PublisherIntervarsity Press Usa
Publication date04 September 2007
Dimensions18 x 139 x 209mm
Weight0.34kg
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