Isbn: 9780226851587 - forgive us our debts: how black churches use bankruptcy to survive (class 200: new studies in religion) (6 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A revelatory study of how Black churches turn the financial system back against predatory lenders.When American churches face financial difficulties, a disproportionately high number of Black churches reorganize under chapter 11 bankruptcy. There are no easy explanations for this distinction: not location, denomination, leadership structure, or the reasons for the loans. In Forgive Us Our Debts, legal scholar Pamela Foohey asks why, then, Black churches account for two-thirds of all congregations that file for chapter 11 bankruptcy every year. Drawing on case studies of six Black churches and one white church, and 150 interviews with church leaders, members, and attorneys, Foohey finds answers in a long history of predatory lending. Unable to negotiate with recalcitrant loan officers, Black churches turn to the legal system to force reasonable concessions from lenders to prevent the stripping of their wealth and the destruction of their communities. While the structural discrimination remains, these churches have found in the bankruptcy system a refuge and some power to fight back.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Forgive Us Our Debts | How Black Churches Use Bankruptcy to Survive | Pamela Foohey | Taschenbuch | Class 200: New Studies in Religion | Englisch | 2026 | The University of Chicago Press | EAN 9780226851587 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …