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Organizing God’s Work

Challenges for Churches and Synagogues

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Margaret Harris

    1. Centre for Voluntary Organisation, London School of Economics, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Organizing Congregations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Local Churches and Synagogues

      • Margaret Harris
      Pages 3-22

    3. Cause for Concern: Emerging Organizational Issues

      • Margaret Harris
      Pages 23-41

    4. Three Churches and a Synagogue: Four Case Congregations

      • Margaret Harris
      Pages 42-68

  4. Congregations in Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. An Organizational Perspective on Congregations

      • Margaret Harris
      Pages 173-188

    3. A Public Policy Perspective on Congregations

      • Margaret Harris
      Pages 189-202

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-236
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About this book

This book provides an organizational perspective on the local congregations of Christianity and Judaism Churches and Synagogues. It will meet the need of those who work in congregations, clergy and lay people alike for an accessible, non-judgmental analysis of the day-to-day work challenges they face. It will also fill a gap in the literature of four academic fields: Social policy and administration; non-profit and voluntary-sector management; the sociology of religion; and organizational behaviour.

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'Margaret Harris has clearly delineated the role of congregations in social welfare, and her findings are an important contribution to the current debate on public policy.' - Dr Jonathan Gorsky, Church Times

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Voluntary Organisation, London School of Economics, UK

    Margaret Harris

About the editor

MARGARET HARRIS is Assistant Director of the Centre for Voluntary Organisation at the London School of Economics where she also runs the MSc degree in Voluntary Sector Organisation. Before moving into academia in the early 1980's, she worked as an administrator and policy analyst for the Greater London Council and as a trainer and volunteer adviser in the Citizens Advice Bureau service. She has conducted collaborative research with numerous local and national voluntary agencies including many academic journals on a range of topics including voluntary management committees (boards); the impact of public policy on the voluntary sector; volunteering; and the work of religious congregations. She is co-editor with David Billis of Voluntary Agencies: Challenges of Organisation and Management (Macmillan, 1996).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organizing God’s Work

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges for Churches and Synagogues

  • Editors: Margaret Harris

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375987

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Margaret Harris 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-21501-9Published: 11 January 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39902-4Published: 11 January 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37598-7Published: 26 October 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 236

  • Topics: Christianity, Judaism, Management, Philosophy of Religion

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