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" Bridges over Troubled Water: "
Paul MacLean, Areeta Bridgemohan, Agnes Meinhard, et al.
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AL
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1069227
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LA112856
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10.1163/15697320-12341430
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English
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Agnes Meinhard
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Areeta Bridgemohan
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Paul MacLean
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Bridges over Troubled Water: [Article] : The Role of Faith in Creating Social Capital\ Paul MacLean, Areeta Bridgemohan, Agnes Meinhard, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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International Journal of Public Theology
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2016
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10/1
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93–115
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This article presents a comparative case study of two faith-based community partnerships created in answer to crisis situations involving food distribution to the needy. Theoretically grounded in social capital theory it describes how two faith-based organizations built bridges with other groups to create new social capital. In both cases the foundation supporting these bridges was faith, both institutional and personal; faith that reached beyond parochialism to embrace universal humanitarian objectives. It was this faith that informed the visionary leadership and trust necessary to create an active multi-faith, multicultural partnership that withstood both internal and external challenges. The types of communal bonds that were created, crossing race, religion and ethnicity are essential in multicultural societies. This article presents a comparative case study of two faith-based community partnerships created in answer to crisis situations involving food distribution to the needy. Theoretically grounded in social capital theory it describes how two faith-based organizations built bridges with other groups to create new social capital. In both cases the foundation supporting these bridges was faith, both institutional and personal; faith that reached beyond parochialism to embrace universal humanitarian objectives. It was this faith that informed the visionary leadership and trust necessary to create an active multi-faith, multicultural partnership that withstood both internal and external challenges. The types of communal bonds that were created, crossing race, religion and ethnicity are essential in multicultural societies.
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faith
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leadership
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partnership
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Social capital
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trust
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10.1163/15697320-12341430
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