I. How We Engage in Politics and Why It Matters. 1. Varying Styles of Political Activity -- II. Congregation-Based Community Organizing. 2. How Congregation-Based Community Organizing Works. 3. The Religious and Political Perspective of Community Organizing. 4. Stories and Practices of Community Organizing. Conclusion to Part II: Expansive and Constrained Discourse in Community Organizing -- III. Human Rights and Amnesty International. 5. The Human Rights Tradition and Amnesty International. 6. Cultural Work in Amnesty International. Conclusion to Part III: Dilemmas in Human Rights Discourse -- IV. How Should We Talk about Politics? 7. Individualism and Its Discontents. 8. Integrating Culture and Politics.