Grounded in social research, Rural Ministry evaluates the diminishing establishment of the church in rural America, which is linked to the fifty-year-old crisis in rural ministry. It names the primary issues for leaders of Protestant and Catholic churches to ponder: the graying of the population; the closing of schools, hospitals, and factories; and the corporate buyout of farms during the 1980s. In addition to retelling the history of this crisis, Shannon Jung and the other contributors to this volume offer a set of Christian principles that respond to social problems in rural...
Grounded in social research, Rural Ministry evaluates the diminishing establishment of the church in rural America, which is linked to the...
"Hunger and Happiness" exposes the atrocities of a global food system whereby the affluent feed at the expense of others, but then goes on to explore how complicity in the hunger of others contributes to the spiritual malnourishment of those who otherwise are well fed.
"Hunger and Happiness" exposes the atrocities of a global food system whereby the affluent feed at the expense of others, but then goes on to explore ...
