In your thinking be adults: where churches could and should co-operate with "secular" funders
Given that it is now accepted for evangelicals to be involved in social action, there is still debate about whether, and how, churches should accept finance from government and other sources to fund their community projects. Will such funding mean that the project is secularised? After examining the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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Anvil
Year: 2007, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 197-208 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Diaconia
/ Religious identity
/ Secularization
/ Public funding
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| IxTheo Classification: | RK Charity work |
| Summary: | Given that it is now accepted for evangelicals to be involved in social action, there is still debate about whether, and how, churches should accept finance from government and other sources to fund their community projects. Will such funding mean that the project is secularised? After examining these concerns and looking at government documents, Nigel Oakley uses a case study to contend that it is possible to take such funding without being bound to a secularising agenda or giving up on being church. |
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| ISSN: | 0969-7373 |
| Contains: | In: Anvil
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