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The role of the faith community

While the faith community is not equipped to solve the current economic crisis, to bring about immigration reform solely on its own, or to address all the problems associated with a large …

The social context of faith-based organizations in Los Angeles, 1995-2010

A variety of events and political developments since 1995 have served to motivate the faith community to become more active in a public way. Beginning with former President Clinton’s Charitable Choice/ welfare …

Successes, failures, and contributions of civic religion, 1992-1995

Immediately following the civil unrest of 1992, faith groups began to work toward creating a more unified city, with informal partnerships or covenant relationships being a prime expression of the desire to …

The religious and social ecology of Los Angeles

As the population of Los Angeles has grown, so have the many religious congregations and other faith- based nonprofits. Since 1990 the number of religious congregations has grown substantially, and since 1995, …

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Forging a New Moral and Political Agenda

Executive Summary In the nearly 20 years since the 1992 civil unrest, the Los Angeles faith community has significantly expanded its role in the public sphere. The social response to the Rodney …

Comerica Bank Provides Grant to USC Cecil Murray Center

From left to right: Mark Whitlock (executive director of the Murray Center), David White (executive vice president of Comerica Bank), Michael Quick (executive vice dean of USC College), Cecil Murray (CRCC senior …

Christians Supporting Community Organizing: A New Voice for Change Among Evangelical, Holiness, and Pentecostal Christians

Timothy Sato and Donald E. Miller report on the activities of Christians Supporting Community Organizing.   Download a PDF of the Report

Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation

Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller (Rutgers University Press: 2008)             Despite the masses still lining up to …

Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement

Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement Donald E. Miller & Tetsunao Yamamori, Authors (University of California Press: 2007)           How and why is Christianity’s center …

A Sociology of Spirituality

A Sociology of Spirituality Kieran Flanagan, editor (Routledge: 2007)             The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organised religions have failed. This …

Engaged Spirituality Summary: Spirituality and Social Transformation in Mainstream American Religious Traditions

This report by Gregory C. Stanczak and Donald E. Miller summarizes findings from a research project funded by the Governance and Civil Society unit of the Ford Foundation.   Download a PDF …

Orphans of the Rwanda Genocide

Orphans of the Rwanda Genocide Donald E. Miller and Lorna Touryan Miller (Center for Religion and Civic Culture 2004) “Do you realize the weight of living with someone who killed your family? …

Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope

Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope Donald E. Miller & Lorna Touryan Miller, Authors (University of California Press: 2003)           A remarkable view of how geopolitics affects ordinary people, …

Engaged Spirituality 2002: Spirituality and Social Transformation in Mainstream American Religious Traditions

This report by Gregory C. Stanczak and Donald E. Miller is the result of a one-year study on the ways in which individual spirituality may be understood in relation to social transformation. …

Practicing the Faith: A Conversation with Rev. Eugene Williams

The Rev. Eugene Williams was executive director of Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches (LAM), a coalition of forty small and midsize congregations that worked in South Central Los Angeles. In 1997, LAM advocated …

GenX Religion

GenX Religion Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller, editors (Routledge: 2000)             GenX Religion is the first in-depth collection on this generation’s religious experience. The contributors, mostly …

Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium

Reinventing American Protestantism Christianity in the New Millennium Donald E. Miller, Author (University of California Press: 1999)           During the past thirty years the American religious landscape has undergone …

Politics of the Spirit: Religion and Multiethnicity in Los Angeles

“Politics of the Spirit” and the Religion and Civic Order Project helped launch the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. USC professors John Orr and Donald Miller authored the report with …

Homeless Families: The Struggle for Dignity

Homeless Families The Struggle for Dignity Donald E. Miller & Barry Jay Seltser (University of Illinois Press: 1993)             How do homeless people perceive their plight? Specifically, …

Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide

 Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide Donald E. Miller, Author (University of California Press: 1993)             Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, …