Christian Social Innovation : Renewing Wesleyan Witness by L. Gregory Jones read DOC, TXT, EPUB
9781501825774 English 1501825771 Christian leaders were once social entrepreneurs who built hospitals to heal the body and universities to shape the mind. Once again we are hungry for new ways of living and doing things that can chart better paths forward. We an hungry for an approach to innovation that can address what doesn't seem to be working and also for a model rooted in more organic metaphors of growth, renewal, and vitality. Social innovation involves the discovery and development of strategies to build, renew, and transform institutions. Christian social innovation involved bringing the rich resources of the Christian faith to bear on the mindsets, practices, and traits of social innovation. Focusing on blessing and hope rather than fear, Christian social innovation recognizes that it will take more than human ingenuity to solve intractable problems: it will take a comprehensive vision of God and the nature and purpose of the world and of human life within it. Book jacket., Everybody seems interested in innovation and entrepreneurship these days. Start-ups are generating new jobs, creating wealth and providing solutions to longstanding problems. People are also aware that old-line social institutions need innovative approaches that provide renewal, re-establish trust and cultivate sustainability.
9781501825774 English 1501825771 Christian leaders were once social entrepreneurs who built hospitals to heal the body and universities to shape the mind. Once again we are hungry for new ways of living and doing things that can chart better paths forward. We an hungry for an approach to innovation that can address what doesn't seem to be working and also for a model rooted in more organic metaphors of growth, renewal, and vitality. Social innovation involves the discovery and development of strategies to build, renew, and transform institutions. Christian social innovation involved bringing the rich resources of the Christian faith to bear on the mindsets, practices, and traits of social innovation. Focusing on blessing and hope rather than fear, Christian social innovation recognizes that it will take more than human ingenuity to solve intractable problems: it will take a comprehensive vision of God and the nature and purpose of the world and of human life within it. Book jacket., Everybody seems interested in innovation and entrepreneurship these days. Start-ups are generating new jobs, creating wealth and providing solutions to longstanding problems. People are also aware that old-line social institutions need innovative approaches that provide renewal, re-establish trust and cultivate sustainability.