Community: Annotated
Bibliography
Ammerman, Nancy
Tatom. Congregation and Community. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1997.
The author
presents community transformation and its effect on church congregations
with case studies of 20 congregations in nine communities across
the nation.
Bellah, Robert
N. and others. Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment
in American Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press,
1996.
This is a
new edition of the book first published in 1985, one of the most
widely discussed interpretations of American society in the twentieth
century. The new introduction indicates that "utilitarian
individualism," so prominent in public consciousness a decade
ago, is increasingly dominant today."
Boff, Leonardo.
Holy Trinity, Perfect Community. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books,
2000.
In a more
popular version of Trinity and Society, Brazilian theologian
Boff, presents the Trinity as a model for transformation of society,
social relations and the church which moves beyond capitalism
which is grounded in the individual and socialism which does not
value differences.
Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate. Emerging Religious Communities in
the United States. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 1999.
This directory
contains names, addresses and membership information for emerging
religious communities and lay movements obtained through dioceses
and eparchies in the United States.
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Partners in Mission: A Profile of Associates and Religious in
the United States. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: North American Conference
of Associates and Religious, 2000.
This first
national study on associates of religious congregations of men
and women contains statistics, goals and activities of associates.
A follow-up study is planned to assess attitudes toward associated
relationship, ministry and commitment.
"Communal
life renewal." HORIZON: Journal of the National Religious
Vocation Conference 25:3 (Spring 2000) 1-36.
The entire
issue is devoted to the subject of community life. Six authors
discuss how to revitalize communal living. They offer clear models
for renewal and challenge congregations to confront the deep issues
related to achieve the goal.
Communities
Directory: A Guide to Cooperative Living. Rutledge, MO: Fellowship
for Intentional Community, 1996.
This directory
features articles on intentional communities as an evolving culture.
It includes maps, cross-reference charts, alphabetical listings
of North American and International Intentional Communities and
a list of resource organizations.
Daloz, Laurent
A. Parks and others. Common Fire: lives of commitment in a complex
world. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.
The authors
present their study of over 100 persons devoted to the common
good through education, social change, medicine, science, and
economic change to counteract the global, fragmented society and
to motivate others to become involved in current complex issues.
Edwards, Maria.
"Women’s Communities in the Future." Human Development
11:3 (Fall, 1990)19-21.
Counselor
and spiritual director Maria Edwards discusses the important distinction
between common life and community as two separate aspects of religious
life. While community is essential to religious life, it always
transcends physical presence.
Fiand, S.N.D.
de N., Barbara. Where Two or Three Are Gathered: Community Life
for the Contemporary Religious. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1992.
The author
presents an analysis of community within a human, cultural and
religious framework of consciousness. Questions for focus, reflection
and discussion are available on each chapter.
Gottemoeller,
R.S.M., Doris. "Community Living: Beginning the Conversation."
Review for Religious 58:2 (March-April, 1999) 137-149.
Written to
start the conversation about community living, she presents definitions,
theological basis, role of leadership, special challenges and
steps to renew community life.
Kanter, Rosabeth
Moss. Commitment and community: communes and utopias in sociological
perspective. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
This book
is a classic reference on commitment and community.
Lee, S.M., Bernard
J. The Catholic Experience of Small Christian Communities.
Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000.
This study
and interpretation of small Christian communities by a team of
Catholic theologians and sociologists provides information about
who belongs, what they do, and what difference they make. It also
offers theological reflection and pastoral recommendations.
Leddy, N.D.S.,
Mary Jo. Reweaving Religious Life: Beyond the Liberal Model.
Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1990.
She offers
some reflections on community as that aspect of religious life
which is the least compatible with the values of American culture.
Ludwig, Robert
A. Reconstructing Catholicism For A New Generation. New York,
NY: Crossroad, 1995.
He presents
spirituality, religious and today’s young adults based on
his experience in university campus ministry.
Markham, O.P.,
Donna. "Communities of Hope." Review for Religious
51:6 (Nov.-Dec. 1992) 815-822. Reprinted in Living in the Meantime:
Concerning the Transformation of Religious Life. New York, NY:
Paulist Press, 1994.
For Markham
community is the final hope for establishing reconciling communication
in a bruised world. She unravels community as a healing metaphor
for a fragmented world deadened by individualism, separatism and
disregard for unity and the common good.
McKnight, John.
The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits. New
York, NY: Basic Books, 1995.
McKnight believes
that powerful service institutions have transformed the care of
community into a commodity resulting in impotent citizens doubting
their common capacity to care and therefore ineffectual communities
rather than care being the manifestation of a community.
Merkle, S.N.D.deN.,
Judith A. Committed by Choice: Religious Life Today. Collegeville,
MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992.
In this book
about the status of religious life in the 1990s, theologian Merkle
surveys the transition after 30 years of renewal. Chapters 12
and 13 deal specifically with community life in the present and
future.
Putnam, Robert
D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Bowling alone
is used as a metaphor for the breakdown in society as Americans
become more disconnected from families, neighbors and communities.
It also shows how the situation might change.
Schneiders,
I.H.M., Sandra M. New Wineskins: re-imagining religious life
today. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1986: 236-265.
In Chapter
12, "The Changing Shape and Function of Religious Life"
Schneiders clearly discusses the evolution of community life since
Vatican II. Her primary concern is with community life at the
level of day to day living of the individual religious: small
community living and the community experience of those living
alone. In the final section she discusses the theological significance
of religious community.
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Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community
in Catholic Religious Life. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2001.
Part Three
consists of chapters on Religious community: biblical and theological
foundations; Embodying religious community: the individual perspective
and the corporate perspective.
Schweickert,
S.S.S.F., Jeanne. Intentional Covenant Community. Chicago,
IL: Convergence, Inc., 1996.
Video tapes
with printed materials or audio tapes with printed materials are
available at the Bechtold Library of Catholic Theological Union.
The materials were created to evaluate a current community experience
or consider beginning a new one. It includes outlines, prayers/rituals,
sample covenants, and bibliography.
Wittberg, S.C.,
Patricia. Creating a Future for Religious Life: A Sociological
Perspective. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1991.
Sociologist
Wittberg calls readers to be part of the sowing, rebirth and growth
of religious life. She discusses intentional communities, bureaucratic
organization, institutionalized ministries, recruiting and retaining
members.
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Pathways to Re-Creating Religious Communities. New York,
NY: Paulist Press, 1996.
The author
includes possible future models of religious life and ideas on
associate relationship. For survival and growth in the 21st century,
she asks: Where do we want to go? Who will make the journey? How
will we get there? What resources will we need along the way?
Wolff-Salin,
R.S.C.J., Mary. The Shadow Side of Community and Growth of the
Self. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1988. In Chapter 1, "A History
of Religious Community in the West,"
Wolff-Salin
presents the traditional forms of religious community: monastic
(Benedictine), mendicant/evangelical (Dominican, Franciscan) and
apostolic (Jesuit, Ursuline) distinguishing the identity, focus,
concept of community and characteristics of community living from
the Acts of the Apostles to the present.
Wuthnow, Robert.
Loose Connections: Joining Together in America’s Fragmented
Communities. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988.
In Chapter
8, Wuthnow relies on extensive national research in a wide variety
of communities to present the importance of trust in working together
for a common purpose with a focus on civic organizations. He discovers
the demographic predictors of trust and develops its importance,
cultivation, building and rebuilding.
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