Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money
Passing the Plate shows that few American Christians donate generously to religious and charitable causes-a parsimony that seriously undermines the work of churches and ministries. Far from the 10 percent of one's income that tithing requires, American Christians' financial giving typically amounts, by some measures, to less than one percent of annual earnings. And a startling one out of five self-identified Christians gives nothing at all. This eye-opening book explores the reasons behind such ungenerous giving, the potential world-changing benefits of greater financial giving, and what can be done to improve matters. If American Christians…
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Weitere Autoren: Emerson, Michael O. / Snell, Patricia
- ISBN: 978-0-19-533711-2
- EAN: 9780195337112
- Produktnummer: 22685412
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.8 cm 544 g
- Gewicht: 544
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Christian Smith is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. He is the coauthor, with Michael O. Emerson, of Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (Oxford, 2000), which was named the 2001 Distinguished Book of the Year by the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Soul Searching: The Religiousand Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, which won a Christianity Today Book Award in 2006. Michael O. Emerson is the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University. In addition to Divided by Faith, his books include United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race, coauthored with Curtiss Paul DeYoung, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim. Patricia Snell is Programs and Research Specialist for theCenter for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame.
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