Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty

Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty (Morality and Society Series)

Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. These womenâ€™s lives can be difficult as they go about searching for housing and decent jobs andÂ struggling to care for their children whileÂ surviving on welfare or working at low-wage service jobs and sometimes facing physical or mental health problems. But until now little attention has been paid to an important force in these womenâ€™s lives: religion.
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Based on in-depth interviews with women and pastors, Susan Crawford Sullivan presents poor mothersâ€™ often overlooked views. Recruited from a variety of social service programs, most of the women do not attend religious services, due to logistical challenges or because they feel stigmatized and unwanted at church. Yet, she discovers,Â religious faith often plays a strong role in their lives as they contend with and try to make sense of the challenges they face. Supportive religious congregationsÂ prove important for women who are involved, she finds, but understandingÂ everyday religion entails exploring beyond formal religious organizations.
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Offering a sophisticated analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothersâ€™ actions, Living Faith reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which manyÂ view and interpret their worlds.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-02-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226781617

Country	USA
Brand	University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer	University of Chicago Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2012-02-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780226781617

Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty (Morality and Society Series)

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