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Ferguson & faith : sparking leadership & awakening community

Title
Ferguson & faith : sparking leadership & awakening community / Leah Gunning Francis ; foreword by Jim Wallis.
Author
Francis, Leah Gunning.
Publication
St. Louis, Missouri : Chalice Press, [2015]

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Description
xiii, 177 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
"The 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, MO, ignited a movement focused on criminal justice, race relations, economic disparity, and many more inequalities. Among the many newly recognized leaders in the movement were St. Louis area clergy. Leah Gunning Francis was among those religious leaders, and her interviews with more than two dozen clergy takes us behind the scenes of the protests' violent birth and the longer reconciliation the area faces in the wake of Brown's death-demonstrating that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go"--Publisher's description.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Just protest this by prayer! -- Praying with their feet -- Not looking away -- Jesus is in the street -- Where have all the leaders gone? -- This is what theology looks like -- Why are your doors open to us? -- There is a Ferguson near you -- Standing on the side of love -- #staywoke.
Call Number
Sc E 16-1430
ISBN
  • 9780827211056
  • 0827211058
LCCN
2015022562
OCLC
907173665
Author
Francis, Leah Gunning.
Title
Ferguson & faith : sparking leadership & awakening community / Leah Gunning Francis ; foreword by Jim Wallis.
Publisher
St. Louis, Missouri : Chalice Press, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-1430
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