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Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- I Introduction -- 1 Clergy in Politics: Political Choices and Consequences -- 2 Notes for a Theory of Clergy as Political Leaders -- 3 Reflections on the Status of Research on Clergy in Politics -- II Political Choices -- 4 Gender and the Political Choices of Women Clergy -- 5 Theocratic, Prophetic, and Ecumenical: Political Roles of African American Clergy -- 6 The Construction of Political Strategies among African American Clergy -- 7 Clergy as Political Actors in Urban Contexts -- 8 American Church or Church in America? The Politics of Catholic Bishops in Comparative Perspective -- 9 The Mobilization of a Religious Elite: Political Activism among Southern Baptist Clergy in 1996 -- 10 Reformed Preachers in Politics -- III Political Consequences -- 11 Shaping Pacifism: The Role of the Local Anabaptist Pastor -- 12 Cardinal O'Connor and His Constituents: Differential Benefits and Public Evaluations -- 13 To March or Not to March: Clergy Mobilization Strategies and Grassroots Antidrug Activism -- IV Conclusion -- 14 Choices and Consequences in Context -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

"In this book Sue E.S. Crawford, Laura R. Olson, and their coauthors explore the political choices clergy make and the consequences of these choices. Drawing on personal interviews and statistical data to place the actions of clergy in both their religious and secular contexts, the authors study mainline and evangelical Protestant, Catholic, and Mennonite communities. They examine the role of white, African American, and female religious leaders. And they address issues of local development, city government, and national and international politics."--Jacket

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Table -- Part I: Part One -- Chapter 1: Depression in the Pulpit -- The Crisis of Clergy Depression -- Chapter 2: Depression in the Data -- The Numbers Don't Lie -- Limitations -- Part II: Part Two -- Chapter 3: Depression in Slavery -- Survivable African Origins -- Clarifying the Role of the Black Preacher During Slavery -- Socioeconomic Realities -- Chapter 4: Depression as Cultural Stigma -- Airing the Dirty Laundry of Depression in the Lives of African American Clergy

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Better to Marry Than to Burn? Attitudes to Clerical Marriage among the Elizabethan Clergy -- The Making of Clerical Marriages -- 'As Common as the Cartway'? The Social Status of Clergy Wives -- 'A Mirror of Virtue and Integrity': Expectations of the Elizabethan Clergy Wife -- Clerical Marriage and Charitable Giving -- The Reception of the Clergy Wife: Reactions to a Religious and Social Innovation -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.

Violence was omnipresent in medieval society and affected all areas of life and the members of all social strata. Surviving sources deal regularly with any issues of violent actions, signs and results of violence, violent people and coping with violence. In such evidence, also the members of the clergy played an important role – as writers about violence and critics of it, but also as perpetrators, victims, and witnesses

Prarse for this book -- titlepage -- copyright -- dedication -- Content -- Contributors -- Foreword -- How this book works -- 'Priestly duties' -- Part 1: SETTING THE SCENE -- 1. Jesus the care-taker -- 2. Sustaining the spiritual centre -- 3. Calling and believing -- Part 2: THE GUIDELINES IN ACTION -- 4. Staying safe -- 5. Embodying witness -- 6. Offering blessing -- 7. Giving leadership -- 8. Being imaginative -- 9. Living faithfully -- 10. Keeping well -- Part 3: THE FUTURE -- 11. Trusting clergy -- 12. Faithful servants in a complex age -- Afterword -- Appendix

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