Faith-based Inefficiency: The Follies of Bush's Initiatives

President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative has, since its inception (and even before), remained a contentious issue in the discourse on public policy. Most of this discussion centers on whether or not the initiative violates the Constitutional establishment clause prescribing the separat...

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Main Author: Baker, Joseph O. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2009
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-197
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Summary:President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative has, since its inception (and even before), remained a contentious issue in the discourse on public policy. Most of this discussion centers on whether or not the initiative violates the Constitutional establishment clause prescribing the separation of church and state—a debate that is not only appropriate but necessary. However, given that the initiative has now been in place for a few years, perhaps an even more pressing question is: Does this policy strengthen the implementation of effective social services? This is the question that guides Bob Wineburg's assessment in Faith-based Inefficiency.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp018