by: Donn Mitchell
(0)Publication Date: April 27, 2018
Book Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 216
Binding: Perfect Bound
Color: Black and White
ISBN: 9781642547122
Book Synopsis
Tread the City’s Streets Again is the first book to explore the theology and vocation of Frances Perkins, the settlement house worker who went on to lift millions of Americans out of poverty through the creation of the Social Security system. From the slums of Chicago to the brothels of Philadelphia; from the tenements of New York to the halls of power in Albany and Washington, Perkins was guided by a deeply incarnational understanding of Christianity.
Drawing heavily on her presentations as part of the St. Bede Lectures at St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, in 1948, this book allows Perkins, mostly in her own words, to explain the theological foundations of her vocation. A lay associate of All Saints Sisters of the Poor, Perkins was a devout Episcopalian steeped in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. As U.S. Secretary of Labor in the New Deal, she was able to translate many of the ethical teachings of her tradition into social policy.
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About The Author
Donn Mitchell has taught religion and ethics at Manhattan College and Berkeley College, both in New York, and at Princeton Theological Seminary and the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church.
“Now is the perfect time for Frances Perkins to remind us of how important it was to erect the protections she helped design and build.”
—Barbara C. Crafton, Author, Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet
"...takes the reader by the hand and introduces the soul of Frances Perkins.”—Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, Founder, Frances Perkins Center, Newcastle, Maine
"A must read in today's often cynical political reality."
—The Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., Canon to the Presiding Bishop For Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church