Description
This short book invites readers into a deeper understanding of cities and suburbs and the challenges they face. Because places play such an important role in human well-being, loving our neighbors includes caring for and cultivating good places for all. Despite their great prosperity, North American communities are beset with challenges: fiscal crises, concentrated poverty, fragmentation and division, failing schools, unaffordable housing, and lack of community feeling. Good Places combines a biblical framework with an exploration of how cities, neighborhoods, housing markets, and transportation systems work. Readers will find themselves challenged to extend Christian hospitality beyond the walls of their private homes into zoning codes, local politics, neighborhood associations, faith-based housing providers, and real estate development.
Author: Mark D. Bjelland
Publisher: Calvin College Press
Published: 01/20/2020
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.27d
ISBN13: 9781937555412
ISBN10: 1937555410
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Political Science | Public Policy | City Planning & Urban Development
- Religion | Christian Living | Leadership & Mentoring
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