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Ferguson & faith : sparking leadership & awakening community / Leah Gunning Francis ; foreword by Jim Wallis.

Francis, Leah Gunning.
2015
303.4840977865 F818f 2015
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Title
Ferguson & faith : sparking leadership & awakening community / Leah Gunning Francis ; foreword by Jim Wallis.
Author
Francis, Leah Gunning.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780827211056 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0827211058 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Published
St. Louis, Missouri : Chalice Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xiii, 177 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
303.4840977865 F818f 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)907173665
(OCoLC)907173665
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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