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Diversity and the Common Good: Civil Society, Religion, and Catholic Sisters in a Small City examines how Catholic Sisters and their congregations have been critical nodes in religious and civil networks, investing their social capital to address one of the most pressing issues facing American communities today: diversity. "Bluffton," situated in America's heartland, is revealed as a community that has confronted racism of the ugliest kind and chosen to work toward a good society for its citizens, driven by the concerted efforts of its Catholic Sisters and highly committed civic and religious actors. Blending quantitative and qualitative data collected over three years and scholarship on civil society, Meg Wilkes Karraker's narrative style engages scholars from sociology, political science, public administration, and religious, but also speaks to community leaders and citizens seeking to understand how they can act on behalf of the common good in their own communities. Notably, Diversity and the Common Good tells the story of a community that "works!" Given recent criticisms of American Sisters by the Vatican, this story of the great good done by Sisters must be told now.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Diversity and the Common Good
• Subtitle: Civil Society, Religion, and Catholic Sisters in a Small City
• Author: Meg Wilkes Karraker
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9780739181522
• ISBN: 0739181521
• ID: 04669655
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Weight: 413 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 158 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. July 2013

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