The Arc of Faith-Based Initiatives: Religion’s Changing Role in Welfare Service Provision
This volume offers an in-depth examination of a diverse range of faith-based programs implemented in three different geographical locales: family support in rural Mississippi, transitional housing in Michigan, and addiction recovery in the Pacific Northwest (Washington-Oregon). Various types of reli...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Cham
Springer
2018
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In: | Year: 2018 |
Series/Journal: | SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Social Sciences |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastical social work
/ Social service
/ Religion
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
Further subjects: | B
Religion
Philosophy
B Philosophy |
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Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Printed edition: 9783319906676 |
Summary: | This volume offers an in-depth examination of a diverse range of faith-based programs implemented in three different geographical locales: family support in rural Mississippi, transitional housing in Michigan, and addiction recovery in the Pacific Northwest (Washington-Oregon). Various types of religious service providers-faith-intensive and faith-related-are carefully examined, and secular organizations also serve as an illuminating point of comparison. Among other insights, this book reveals how the “three C’s” of social service provision-programmatic content, organizational culture, and ecological context-all combine to shape the delivery of welfare services in the nonprofit world. This book warns against simplistic generalizations about faith-based organizations. Faith-based providers exhibit considerable diversity and, quite often, remarkable resilience in the face of challenging social circumstances. An appreciation of these nuances is critical as policies concerning faith-based organizations continue to evolve Chapter 1-Faith-Based Persistence and Permutations -- Chapter 2-Faith-Based Initiatives Reconsidered: The Complicated Relationship Between Religion and Social Welfare Service Provision -- Chapter 3-Faith-based versus Secular Support for Fragile Families: Parent Education in the Rural South -- Chapter 4-Across the Continuum of Care: Transitional Housing Programs in the Midwest -- Chapter 5-Addiction Recovery: Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs in the Pacific Northwest (Steven Rathgeb Smith with Bejamina Menashe) -- Chapter 6- Does Faith Matter? Client Transformation in Parenting, Housing, and Addiction Recovery Programs -- Conclusion-Promising Partners or Strange Bedfellows? Faith-Based Providers and Government Funders after Welfare -- Appendix A: Methods in Brief -- Appendix B: Research Instruments -- Appendix C: Descriptions of Programs and Agencies |
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ISBN: | 3319906682 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90668-3 |