Growing God’s Family : The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism

Growing God’s Family The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism

Illustrates the hidden challenges embedded within the evangelical adoption movement. For over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have spent a substantial amount of time and money in an effort to address what they believe to be the “Orphan Crisis” of the United...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perry, Samuel L., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press [2017]
Subjects:
Evangelicalism.
Orphans > Care.
Adoption > Religious aspects > Christianity.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009865636406719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Evangelical Orphan Boom?
  • 2. Culture Building for Change
  • 3. Orphans Need Families! Just Not Those Families
  • 4. So, Why Did You Adopt?
  • 5. Costs Not Counted
  • 6. What Will a Mature Evangelical Movement Look Like?
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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