Reformed parishes and responsiveness to the poor

Douglas L Perkins

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Reformed parishes and responsiveness to the poor

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Douglas L Perkins. Reformed Parishes and Responsiveness to the Poor. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/16007497-ecfb-41df-9e3e-838476299fdd.

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D. L. Perkins. Reformed parishes and responsiveness to the poor. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/16007497-ecfb-41df-9e3e-838476299fdd

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Douglas L Perkins. Reformed Parishes and Responsiveness to the Poor. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/16007497-ecfb-41df-9e3e-838476299fdd.

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Douglas L Perkins

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Abstract

The hypothesis of this project is that when affluent Christians from a Reformed background socialize regularly with the underclass ('class networking') their prejudices toward 'the poor' are more likely to be reduced than are the prejudices of Reformed affluent Christians who do not encounter the underclass. The aim of the project is twofold: 1) to discover, through a historical case study, a Reformed precedent for 'class networking', and 2) test such 'class networking' among some of today's Reformed laity in the Washington, D C area. Dr Thomas Chalmers and his nineteenth century class networking in urban Scotland is chosen as the Reformed precedent. Two groups of affluent laity (one experimental, one control) are selected at random from Reformed parishes to engage in a one-year test of the hypothesis. Results underscore the validity of the hypothesis. The experimental group becomes less prejudiced toward 'the poor' after the year of socializing and the control group shows no change or more prejudice after its year of non-involvement with 'the poor'.

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