Difficult Conversations: Taking Risks, Acting With Integrity

Katie Day

ISBN 10: 1566992397 / ISBN 13: 9781566992398

Published by Alban Inst, 2001

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96 pages. 6.75x6.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1566992397

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Difficult Conversations: Taking Risks, Acting With Integrity
• Publisher: Alban Inst
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566992397
• ISBN 13: 9781566992398
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.18 kilograms

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Synopsis

"We don’t talk about controversial issues here!" That seems to be the unspoken rule in most faith communities. The unfortunate results of such no-talk rules are that congregations are noticeably absent from the public forum and members of faith communities fail to develop "social capital." We do not form significant connections with one another. In this book, author Katie Day invites us to begin engaging in difficult conversations, a process she hopes will become habitforming, a new way of being communities of faith.

"We don’t talk about controversial issues here!" That seems to be the unspoken rule in most faith communities. The unfortunate results of such no-talk rules are that congregations are noticeably absent from the public forum and members of faith communities fail to develop "social capital." We do not form significant connections with one another. In this book, author Katie Day invites us to begin engaging in difficult conversations, a process she hopes will become habitforming, a new way of being communities of faith.

About the Author

The Rev. Katie Day is associate professor of church and society at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, where she also serves as director of the Urban Ministry Program. She is an ordained Presbyterian pastor and holds a Ph.D. in urban sociology from Temple University.