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A New Kind of Pentecostal
Christianity Today referenced CRCC Executive Director Donald E. Miller’s book Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement in an article about how Pentecostals are engaging in compassionate ministries and social …
Opening the Gates: L.A. Congregations Confronting Gang Violence
Los Angeles has been regarded as the epicenter of the nation’s gang epidemic for decades. What began as relatively localized battles over turf and small-scale drug sales in L.A. has morphed into …
Enhancing Faith-Community Efforts on Gang Violence
Equipped with a more in-depth understanding of the social ecology of neighborhoods impacted by gang violence, we determined our objectives: Equip congregations with skills to address gang issues Deepen theological frameworks to …
Conclusion
While it might be tempting to focus exclusively on the assets of religion in addressing community violence issues, and there are many, we believe that a practical approach of providing training and …
Themes Addressed in the IVP Program
Going Beyond the Walls Many participants in the program commented on the role of the church in the community. While some churches are inspired to work on issues such as gang violence …
Technical Assistance
Through the process of interacting with pastors and ministry leaders around the issue of gang violence, we realized that technical assistance relating to organizational capacity issues was an important aspect of increasing …
The IVP Program
Early in the Institute for Violence Prevention, Rev. Jeff Carr spoke to the assembled IVP cohort and appealed to them to provide volunteers and food for one of the city’s premier anti-violence …
Participant Recruitment
In order to recruit a class of fellows for the Institute for Violence Prevention, the Center for Religion and Civic Culture distributed information to its network of congregations and faith leaders. The …
The Research Process
Working within the parameters of the Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development, established in 2007 by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and headed by then “Gang Czar” Jeff Carr—himself a minister with significant …
Ten Predictions for Religion in 2012
Donald Miller, Firestone Professor of Religion and executive director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, offers ten predictions for 2012 and the rest of the decade. 1. Religion will be …
Global Study: Growing Pentecostal Churches Have Social Mission
Voice of America featured the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative in an article and video about Pentecostalism being the fastest-growing form of Christianity. PCRI is coordinated by CRCC Executive Director Don Miller …
Religion and Youth
Religion and Youth Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Editor (Routledge: 2011) What is the future of religion given the responses of young people? What impact do existing religious forms …
Pentecostalism’s Los Angeles Roots Go Global
USC Dornsife News wrote about the launching of the $6.9 million Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative. And now, Donald Miller, executive director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture within USC …
A Conversation About Pentecostalism with Donald Miller
Read The S Factor: A conversation about Pentecostalism with Donald E. Miller, an interview with CRCC’s executive director that was featured in the July/August issue of Books and Culture. How has your …
Buscan redimirse a través de la religion
La Opinion quoted Donald Miller, CRCC executive director, and Richard Flory, CRCC director of research, about immigrants being drawn to the Pentecostal faith. Miller was also quoted in two more La Opinion …
Singapore newspaper quotes Don Miller’s book
The Straits Times (Singapore) cited the book “Global Pentecostalism” by Donald Miller of the USC College and colleague Tetsunao Yamamori, who spent four years visiting churches in 20 countries. (available via subscription …
20th Century Mass Killings Remembered
In Voice of America News, Donald Miller, director of the USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture, discussed his interviews with Armenian and Rwandan survivors of genocide. “One thing is that forgiveness …
Future Challenges
The challenges facing the Los Angeles region in the coming years are immense, and we are just beginning to understand them. For example, the economy is slowly recovering from the recession of …
Faith groups in the civic sphere of Los Angeles
Currently, faith groups in Los Angeles exhibit five different, although sometimes overlapping, approaches to meeting the needs they see in the public sphere: 1) Charity in the form of volunteerism and service …
Hearings on Radicalization Ignore Religion’s Complexity
Congressman Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will begin hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Not only is this witch-hunt morally dubious, …