Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Part One -- Introduction -- Relevant Literature -- Part Two -- Research Context -- Research Methods -- Part Three -- Communicating Community -- Disciplining Discourses -- Traversing Tensions -- Defy(ning) Diversity -- Implementing Implications -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Guide -- Appendix B: Photography-Driven Interview Guide -- Appendix C: World Café Discussion Questions -- Appendix D: Sample Observation Notes -- Appendix E: Sample Semi-Structured Interview -- Appendix F: Sample Photography-Driven Interview -- Appendix G: Sample World Café Results -- References -- Index -- About the Author
Summary
In response to America's declining sense of community, Central Community Church has prioritized the organizational metaphor of "community." Building upon forty-eight months of ethnographic fieldwork, this book explores particular ways in which the community metaphor was co-constructed by Central Community's racially/ethnically diverse leaders and members as well as limitations and tensions that emerged from those efforts
