C. Melissa Snarr is Associate Professo of Ethics & Society and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

This superb book is a model of social justice scholarship, reflecting C. Melissa Snarr's longtime activism in the living wage movement and her astute sociological and social ethical understanding of the religious activist currents within this movement - Gary Dorrien,Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, Professor of Religion

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 U.S. Poverties and Religious Resources: Movement Context 2 Living Wages: Religious Ideology and Framing for Moral Agency 3 "I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me": Bridge Building and Political Engagement in Racialized Economies 4 "Your Daughters Will Prophesy": Women's Labor in the Movement 5 "Where Two or Three Are Gathered": Ritualizing Moral Agency 6 Conclusion: "Come, Walk with Us, the Journey is Long" Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

C. Melissa Snarr is Associate Professo of Ethics & Society and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

This superb book is a model of social justice scholarship, reflecting C. Melissa Snarr's longtime activism in the living wage movement and her astute sociological and social ethical understanding of the religious activist currents within this movement - Gary Dorrien,Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, Professor of Religion

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 U.S. Poverties and Religious Resources: Movement Context 2 Living Wages: Religious Ideology and Framing for Moral Agency 3 "I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me": Bridge Building and Political Engagement in Racialized Economies 4 "Your Daughters Will Prophesy": Women's Labor in the Movement 5 "Where Two or Three Are Gathered": Ritualizing Moral Agency 6 Conclusion: "Come, Walk with Us, the Journey is Long" Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

C. Melissa Snarr is Associate Professo of Ethics & Society and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

This superb book is a model of social justice scholarship, reflecting C. Melissa Snarr's longtime activism in the living wage movement and her astute sociological and social ethical understanding of the religious activist currents within this movement - Gary Dorrien,Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, Professor of Religion

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 U.S. Poverties and Religious Resources: Movement Context 2 Living Wages: Religious Ideology and Framing for Moral Agency 3 "I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me": Bridge Building and Political Engagement in Racialized Economies 4 "Your Daughters Will Prophesy": Women's Labor in the Movement 5 "Where Two or Three Are Gathered": Ritualizing Moral Agency 6 Conclusion: "Come, Walk with Us, the Journey is Long" Notes Bibliography Index About the Author