Tonnies, Ferdinand; Charles P. Loomis (editor / translator). Community and Society: Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Lyons, Nebraska, US: Michigan State University Press / Transaction Publishers / Dover Publications, 1957 / 1988 / 2002
Recommended By: Center for Rural AffairsTo Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and NobleNotes: These two terms have also been used to examine urban and rural differences. "The German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) was a major contributor to theory and field studies in sociology. He is best remembered for his distinction between two basic types of social groups. Tonnies argued that there are two basic forms of human will: the essential will, which is the underlying, organic, or instinctive driving force; and arbitrary will, which is deliberative, purposive, and future (goal) oriented. Groups that form around essential will, in which membership is self-fulfilling, Tonnies called Gemeinschaft (often translated as community). Groups in which membership was sustained by some instrumental goal or definite end he termed Gesellschaft (often translated as society). Gemeinschaft was exemplified by the family or neighborhood; Gesellschaft, by the city or the state." (Pfeiffer University)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0887387500 / 0486424979
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Waldkoenig, Gilson A.C. Symbiotic Community: E.W. Mueller's Approach to the Rural Crisis. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US: University Press of America, 1996
Recommended By: Town and Country Church InstituteTo Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble Notes: "Proposing a symbiotic community in which the interdependence of city and country would be maintained, Mueller sought to encourage responsible fulfillment of vocations, by both individuals and institutions, to enhance the quality of life. The social policy engagement which Mueller led was informed by traditional Lutheran theology." (Publisher's description)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0761804390 / 0761804404
Related Subject(s): Urban-Rural Relationships, Vocation
Hamerton-Kelly, Robert G. Sacred Violence: Paul's Hermeneutic of the Cross. : Fortress Press, 1992
To Acquire Contact: Amazon, Sigler Press Classic ReprintsNotes: An introduction to Girard's theories and application of those theories to the writings of St. Paul.ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0800625293
Related Subject(s): Violence - Religious Aspects, Interfaith, Biblical Interpretation
Carroll, Jackson W; Adair T. Lummis; Barbara Hargrove. Women of the Cloth: A New Opportunity for the Churches. Hartford, Connecticut, US: Harpercollins, 1983
Recommended By: Hartford Institute for Religion Research To Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble Notes: Comparison of men and women in ministry. "This book tallies the results of a large cross-denominational study of Protestant clergywomen. The study dates from 1981, and much has changed since then, so in some ways it's a little dated. Also being a formal study, it's rather dry and heavy on the math. However it's chock-full of information about the experience of female clergy, and not all of it is dated by any means." (Amazon)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0060613211
Related Subject(s): Women in Ministry, Sociological Studies
Zikmund, Barbara Brown; Adair T. Lummis; Patricia M.Y. Chang. Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling. Hartford, Connecticut , US: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998
Recommended By: Hartford Institute for Religion Research To Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Super Book Deals Notes: "The largest study ever of clergy women in America. Perhaps the most significant event in twentieth-century American Protestant churches has been the entry of tens of thousands of women into the church's ordained ministry." (Hartford Institute for Religion Research)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0664256732
Related Subject(s): Women in Ministry, Women in Ministry
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