Social ministry in the Lutheran tradition /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2008.
Description:	xiii, 176 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Lutheran Church -- Charities -- History. Christian sociology -- Lutheran Church -- History. Social service -- Religious aspects -- Lutheran Church -- History. Christian sociology -- Lutheran Church. Lutheran Church -- Charities. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7187817

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Other authors / contributors:	McCurley, Foster R.
ISBN:	9780800621292 (alk. paper) 0800621298 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.

Table of Contents:

Editor's Preface
About the Contributors
1. The Identity and Work of God: Social Justice in the Bible
2. The Relief of the Needy in Their Distress: Early and Medieval Christian Social Initiatives
3. No Greater Service to God than Christian Love: Insights from Martin Luther
4. Faith Active in Love: The Development of Modern Lutheran Social Witness
5. A Sign of God's Grace, a Fruit of Faith: American Lutheran Social Service from 1800 to 1945
6. Bringing Hope and Life: Lutheran Social Ministry Organizations in America since World War II
7. Where Do We Go from Here? The Changing Context and Commitments in Social Ministry
Epilogue: Bearing Risk in a Broken World
Notes
Index

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