Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xi

I.   How We Engage in Politics and Why It Matters

      1   Varying Styles of Political Activity     3

II.   Congregation-Based Community Organizing

      2   How Congregation-Based Community Organizing Works     27

      3   The Religious and Political Perspective of Community Organizing     49

      4   Stories and Practices of Community Organizing     82

      Conclusion to Part II: Expansive and Constrained Discourse in Community Organizing     108

III.   Human Rights and Amnesty International

      5   The Human Rights Tradition and Amnesty International     123

      6   Cultural Work in Amnesty International     146

      Conclusion to Part III: Dilemmas in Human Rights Discourse     176

IV.   How Should We Talk about Politics?

      7   Individualism and Its Discontents     189

      8   Integrating Culture and Politics     212

Appendixes
      A. Results from Two National Surveys of Congregation-Based Community Organizing     231
      B. A Catholic Framework for Economic Life (U.S. Catholic Conference)     236
      C. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (Republic of France)     238
      D. The Bill of Rights and Supporting Documents (United States of America)     241
      E. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)     244
      F. Excerpts from the Statute of Amnesty International     250

Notes     253
Index     277