Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring

In many American cities, middle-class, faith-motivated individuals and families are moving into poor, inner-city neighborhoods to live out their vision of social justice in the city by becoming “intentional neighbors.” Drawing from the commandment to “love thy neighbor,” these faith-motivated actors...

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Main Authors: Katherine Hankins, Andy Walter, Traci Dahl
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Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2018-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9427
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description In many American cities, middle-class, faith-motivated individuals and families are moving into poor, inner-city neighborhoods to live out their vision of social justice in the city by becoming “intentional neighbors.” Drawing from the commandment to “love thy neighbor,” these faith-motivated actors develop relationships with their neighbors and share their resources in order to work towards the transformation of these places. In this paper we use the case study of participants in Mission Year, a Christian community-development organization, to examine the spatial and embodied practices that are integral to “doing justice” and demonstrating love in the inner city.
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spelling doaj-art-41a2c0e864f44bad867cbc68309da0252025-01-30T10:45:24ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662018-11-01110.4000/transatlantica.9427Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional NeighboringKatherine HankinsAndy WalterTraci DahlIn many American cities, middle-class, faith-motivated individuals and families are moving into poor, inner-city neighborhoods to live out their vision of social justice in the city by becoming “intentional neighbors.” Drawing from the commandment to “love thy neighbor,” these faith-motivated actors develop relationships with their neighbors and share their resources in order to work towards the transformation of these places. In this paper we use the case study of participants in Mission Year, a Christian community-development organization, to examine the spatial and embodied practices that are integral to “doing justice” and demonstrating love in the inner city.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9427social justiceloveAmerican cityfaithbeloved communityneighboring
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American city
faith
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title Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring
title_full Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring
title_fullStr Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring
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title_short Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring
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American city
faith
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