faith-based activism accountability compassion paradox
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Faith-Based Activism
AccountabilityCompassionParadox
Omri Elisha
Moral Ambitions of Grace: The Paradox of Compassion and Accountability in Evangelical Faith-Based Activism
Elisha, Omri. 2008. “MORAL AMBITIONS OF GRACE: The Paradox of Compassion and Accountability in Evangelical Faith-Based Activism.” Cultural Anthropology 23 (1): 154–189. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1360.2008.00006.x.
Research Methods
• Field: Knoxville, TN• Samaritans of Knoxville• Qualitative Interviewing• Biblical Theology
Compassion
Latin: pati cum
“To suffer with”
Accountability
To be effective:- Good stewards- Long relationships- Cultural understanding
Compassion Fatigue
AccountabilityCompassion
Paradox
Is there a contradiction?
