Author : Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674145764
Rosabeth Kanter offers a unique analysis of the nature and process of enduring commitment, basing her theory of commitment mechanisms on exhaustive research of nineteenth–century utopias, sharpened by first–hand knowledge of a variety of contemporary groups.
Author : Rick Warren
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310294088
The issue is church health, not church growth—if your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. So how do we make healthy churches, driven by purpose? In order for any church to thrive, it must be built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus Christ. In this classic of Christian church stability, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren unpacks this proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow: Warmer through fellowship. Deeper through discipleship. Stronger through worship. Broader through ministry. Larger through evangelism. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Warren will show you how to concentrate on building people and let God build the church. In other words, healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church. And The Purpose Driven Church will show you how to do that. “The Purpose Driven Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!”—John Ortberg, bestselling author.
Author : Robert E. Kraut
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 36,53 MB
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262528916
How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster—not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, as well as their own research, translating general findings into useful design claims. They explain, for example, how to encourage information contributions based on the theory of public goods, and how to build members' commitment based on theories of interpersonal bond formation. For each design claim, they offer supporting evidence from theory, experiments, or observational studies.
Author : Arnold M. Eisen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253213815
Numbers: Politics in the Wilderness5. Deuteronomy: Legacies
Author : Jackie Acree Walsh
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,99 MB
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1412960614
Discover how questions, not answers, help drive school improvement by applying the principles of quality questioning to four critical leadership functions: maximizing, mobilizing, mediating, and monitoring.
Author : Robert Bellah
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307787923
THE GOOD SOCIETY examines how many of our institutions- from the family to the government itself- fell from grace, and offers concrete proposals for revitalizing them.
Author : Margaret Gilbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 24,18 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190251956
This new essay collection by distinguished philosopher Margaret Gilbert provides a richly textured argument for the importance of joint commitment in our personal and public lives. Topics covered by these diverse essays range from marital love to patriotism, from promissory obligation to the unity of the European Union.
Author : Charles A. Kiesler
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Author : Joan Chittister
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781627853668
This simple little book says Joan Chittister touches on four elements of mindfulness that account for all the angst in our society right now moral maturity spiritual witness personal greatness and universal kinship. These are the things that determine whether we go through life as part of its solution or part of the weight on its progress. These powerful meditations filled with wisdom gained from spiritual leaders who have inspired Sister Joans own thought will inspire your own prayer and group sharing leading you to the simple but profound truth: We are all one. Back cover.
Author : Donald E. Pitzer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 080789897X
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.
