Charity and social welfare

Charity is a word that fits well in the history of religion and churches, whereas the concept of social reform seems to belong more to the vocabulary of the modern welfare states. Christian charity found itself, during the long nineteenth century, within the maelstrom of social turmoil. In this cont...

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Beteiligte: Molle, Leen van 1953- (HerausgeberIn) ; Eijnatten, Joris van 1964- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Leuven Leuven University Press [2017]
In: The dynamics of religious reform in church, state and society in Northern Europe, 1780 - 1920 (4)
Jahr: 2017
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:The dynamics of religious reform in church, state and society in Northern Europe, 1780 - 1920 4
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Nordeuropa / Sozialstaat / Nächstenliebe / Kirche / Geschichte 1780-1930
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Church and social problems (Europe, Northern) History
B Church Charities (Europe, Northern) History
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Zusammenfassung:Charity is a word that fits well in the history of religion and churches, whereas the concept of social reform seems to belong more to the vocabulary of the modern welfare states. Christian charity found itself, during the long nineteenth century, within the maelstrom of social turmoil. In this context of social unrest, although charity managed to confirm its relevance, it was also subjected to fierce criticism, as well as to substitute state-run forms of social care and insurance. 0The history of the welfare states remained all too blind to religion. This fourth volume in the series 'Dynamics of Religious Reform' unravels how the churches in Britain and Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium shaped and adjusted their understanding of poverty. It reveals how they struggled with the 'social question' and often also with the modern nation states to which they belonged. Either in the periphery of public assistance or in a dynamic interplay with the state, political parties and society at large, the churches reinvented their tradition as providers of social relief
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ISBN:9462700923