Deeply Woven Roots; Improving the Quality of Life in Your Community

Gary Gunderson (AUTHOR SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0800630955 / ISBN 13: 9780800630959

Published by Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2001

About this Item

Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 3rd Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight tip bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 135 pp 8vo. This is a book in which the author offers conceptual clarity and practicality, reflecting the Carter Center's goal of building on the strengths of religious groups to achieve improved health for the whole community by filling the gap between things which a health-cars system can pay and the many services it will never provide. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deeply Woven Roots; Improving the Quality of Life in Your Community
• Publisher: Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800630955
• ISBN 13: 9780800630959
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medical/Human Nature/Psychology
  • Religion

About this title

Synopsis

With insight born of experience and conviction, The Carter Center's Gary Gunderson suggests ways that congregations, religious leaders, and concerned individuals can take practical steps to improve the health of their communities.

As governmental involvement in alleviating social problems wanes, Gunderson argues, congregations are uniquely positioned to "feed the roots" that build and sustain community life. Their commitment can make the difference in addressing such problems as violence, substance abuse, housing, nutrition, and public health. His book shows why congregations matter, how religious commitment helps people transcend the individualism of today's world, what singular powers religious persons can bring to their communities, and how parishes can train people in skills for knowledge-building and community-building. He then offers a model of what a congregation in the year 2010 might be doing to improve the health of its larger "neighborhood."Eminently practical yet deeply religious, Gunderson's book will help people of faith nurture community life at its roots.

About the Author

Gary Gunderson is VP of Faith and Health Ministries, Medical Center Administration, Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is responsible for a national program mobilizing faith groups around a broad range of health issues.