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A Theology as Big as the City As we look at the world-class cities around our planet, we face five new urban realities: a crack cocaine epidemic, assault weapons, massive numbers of homeless children, HIV/AIDS and (in the U.S.) what Time magazine has called `the browning of America.’ The needs of the urban population are greater than ever. . . . |
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Cities in Full Many American cities have blighted urban areas. Belmont offers possible remedies, to revitalise these cores. |
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Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Like "an architectural version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, our main streets and neighborhoods have been replaced by alien substitutes, similar but not the same," state Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Speck in this bold and damning critique. The authors, who lead a firm that has designed more than 200 new neighborhoods and community revitalization plans, challenge nearly half a century of widely accepted planning and building practices that have produced sprawling subdivisions, shopping centers and office parks connected by new highways. |
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Ten Blocks from the White House: Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968 Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968 |
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Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, DC Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. |
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Cities: Missions’ New Frontier As cities continue to expand, Christ calls the church to bring the gospel to these centers of population, culture, and political power. |
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Death & Life of Great American Cities One of the most remarkable books ever written about the city… a primary work. The research apparatus is not pretentious—it is the eye and the heart—but it has given us a magnificent study of what gives life and spirit to the city. —William H. Whyte, author of The Organization Man |
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Sidewalks in the Kingdom There has been much ink spilled in the evangelical community about "claiming our cities for Christ" and plenty of lip service given toward addressing urban concerns. But according to author and pastor Eric Jacobsen, this discussion has remained far too abstract. His Sidewalks in the Kingdom challenges Christians to gain a practical, informed vision for the city which includes a broad understanding of the needs and rewards of a vital urban community. |
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Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, DC Elected mayor of Washington, D.C., in 1978, sharecropper’s son Marion Barry Jr., a leading civil rights activist, began a descent into cocaine and alcohol addiction and demagoguery that mirrored the racially polarized city’s decline. Jaffe, an editor of Washingtonian magazine, and WRC-TV political reporter Sherwood suggest that nearly two centuries of congressional domination of the capital, disenfranchisement and white racism have stunted local political traditions in Washington, creating a vacuum filled by power broker Barry. |
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X’s searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist, the continued relevance of his militant analysis of white racism, and his emphasis on self-respect and self-help for African Americans. And there’s the vividness with which he depicts black popular culture–try as he might to criticize those lindy hops at Boston’s Roseland dance hall from the perspective of his Muslim faith, he can’t help but make them sound pretty wonderful. |
