Cultural Dilemmas of Progressive Politics

Preface
Acknowledgments
I. How We Engage in Politics and Why It Matters
1 Varying Styles of Political Activity
II. Congregation-Based Community Organizing
2 How Congregation-Based Community Organizing Works
3 The Religious and Political Perspective of Community Organizing
4 Stories and Practices of Community Organizing
Conclusion to Part II: Expansive and Constrained Discourse in Community Organizing
III. Human Rights and Amnesty International
5 The Human Rights Tradition and Amnesty International
6 Cultural Work in Amnesty International
Conclusion to Part III: Dilemmas in Human Rights Discourse
IV. How Should We Talk about Politics?
7 Individualism and Its Discontents
8 Integrating Culture and Politics
Appendixes
A. Results from Two National Surveys of Congregation-Based Community Organizing
B. A Catholic Framework for Economic Life (U.S. Catholic Conference)
C. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (Republic of France)
D. The Bill of Rights and Supporting Documents (United States of America)
E. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
F. Excerpts from the Statute of Amnesty International
Notes
Index