Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations in the United States
This volume builds on the existing ethnographic literature on faith-based development internationally to offer a fresh and sophisticated analysis of faith-based organizations in the United States. The case studies included offer starting points for expanded discussions on the meaning of 'faith-...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD
Lexington Books
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social justice -- United States
B Religious institutions -- United States B Social justice ; United States B Social Service (United States) B Religious institutions ; United States B Electronic books B Social Justice (United States) B Religious Institutions (United States) B Social service -- United States B Social service ; United States |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780739146590 |
| Summary: | This volume builds on the existing ethnographic literature on faith-based development internationally to offer a fresh and sophisticated analysis of faith-based organizations in the United States. The case studies included offer starting points for expanded discussions on the meaning of 'faith-based' development, the differences between faith-based and secular development approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and whether faith-based organizations can offer more efficient and effective solutions to structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1 Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations in the United States: An Introduction -- 2 A Theology of Presence: Faith Partnerships with U.S. Public Schools -- 3 On the Border: Faith-Based Initiatives and Pentecostal Praxis in Brownsville, Texas -- 4 Faith-Based Development and Community Renaissance: Tradition and Transformation in South Memphis -- 5 Bricks without Straw: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the Hostile City -- 6 Muslims, Medicine, and Mercy: Free Clinics in Southern California -- 7 Culture, History, and Discourse at Tree of Life: A Faith-Based Relief Agency in Mission, South Dakota -- 8 What's Islam Got to Do with It? American Pluralism, Ethnographic Sensibilities, and Faith-Based Refugee Resettlement in Hartford, Connecticut -- 9 Translating Religious Traditions into Service: Lessons from the Faith and Organizations Project -- 10 Religious Organizational Identity and Environmental Demands -- 11 "Bio-pistis": Conversion of Heroin Addicts in Prisons, on Medicine, and with God -- 12 Straight from the Devil: Contours of "the Public" in American Public Health -- Index -- About the Authors. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4616-3394-5 0-7391-4658-0 978-0-7391-4658-3 |
