In this well presented article there is much detail about the infrastructural dynamics.
For us to be able to function within community there has to be well defined goals, relationships and management systems. Social relationships are necessary to be able to understand and recognise exactly the status of community other wise how do we know if it is actually community rather than just a group of like minded people living in close proximity. In other words what distinguishes community from pseudo-community and what are the stages of community growth? What are the aims and goals of community? How does community deal with issues that will inevitably rear their heads? What is the management system in dealing with disputes and disagreements? What place does Istaghosti play in community? We need emotional, social, environmental and economical understandings. And how different advances in spiritual life interact with each other within the dynamic of community. What is community itself?
In this well presented article there is much detail about the infrastructural dynamics.
For us to be able to function within community there has to be well defined goals, relationships and management systems. Social relationships are necessary to be able to understand and recognise exactly the status of community other wise how do we know if it is actually community rather than just a group of like minded people living in close proximity. In other words what distinguishes community from pseudo-community and what are the stages of community growth? What are the aims and goals of community? How does community deal with issues that will inevitably rear their heads? What is the management system in dealing with disputes and disagreements? What place does Istaghosti play in community? We need emotional, social, environmental and economical understandings. And how different advances in spiritual life interact with each other within the dynamic of community. What is community itself?