It Comes from the People Community Development and Local Theology

Name: It Comes from the People Community Development and Local Theology
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ISBN: 9781566392129

ISBN-10: 1566392128

ISBN-13: 9781566392129

Edition: 1995

Authors: Mary Hinsdale, Helen M. Lewis, S. Maxine Waller

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The closing of local mines and factories collapsed the economic and social structure of Ivanhoe, Virginia, a small, rural town once considered a dying community "on the rough side of the mountain." Documenting the creative survival techniques developed by Ivanhoe citizens in the aftermath, It Comes from the People tells how this community organized to revitalize the town and demand participation in its future.Photos, interviews, stories, songs, poems, and scenes from a local theater production tell how this process of rebuilding gradually uncovered the community's own local theology and a growing consciousness of cultural and religious values. A significant aspect of this social…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 5/30/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Acknowledgments


Introduction




The Community Development Process: A Case Study




Historical Background



Organizing and Mobilizing the Community



Confronting and Using Power



Getting Educated



Using Culture in Community Development



Leadership and Organizational Development



Insiders, Outsiders, and Participatory Research



Local Theology in a Rural Mountain Community




Reading and Using the Bible



Theology from the People



Ritual and Ethics



Emerging Women's Voices: "Unlearning to Not Speak"



Ministry: Within and Without



The Churches and Community Development



Epilogue



App. A. Context and Methodology



App. B. Scenes and Songs from It Came from Within


Notes


Index