Who will provide? : the changing role of religion in American social welfare / edited by Mary Jo Bane, Brent Coffin, Ronald Thiemann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bane, Mary Jo.

Coffin, Brent.

Thiemann, Ronald F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--United States.

Social service.

Nonprofit organizations.

United States.

Church charities--United States.

Church charities.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Nonprofit organizations--United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

Contents:

Part 1 Social Provision in Historical Context

1 Religion, Civil Society, and Social Provision in the U.S. / Theda Skocpol 21

2 Risks and Responsibilities for Faith-Based Organizations / Ronald Thiemann, Samuel Herring, Betsy Perabo 51

Part 2 Public Religion and Social Provision

3 Justice and Charity in Social Welfare / Francis Schussler Fiorenza 73

4 Religious Ideas and Social Policy: Subsidiarity and Catholic Style of Ministry / J. Bryan Hehir 97

5 Where Religion and Public Values Meet: Who Will Contest? / Brent Coffin 121

Part 3 Partnerships, Strategies and Inescapable Dilemmas

6 Choice or Commonality: Welfare and Schooling after the Welfare State / Martha Minow 147

7 Doing Whose Work? Faith-Based Organizations and Government Partnerships / Anna Greenberg 178

8 After Partnership: Rethinking Public-Nonprofit Relations / Peter Frumkin 198

9 Beyond "Villages": New Community Building Strategies for Disadvantaged Families / Richard Weissbourd 219

10 "That's What I Growed Up Hearing": Race, Redemption and American Democracy / Lucie White 238

11 Religion and the Boston Miracle: the Effect of Black Ministry on Youth Violence / Jenny Berrien, Omar McRoberts, Christopher Winship 266

12 Faith Communities and the Post-Welfare Reform Safety Net / Mary Jo Bane 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.

ISBN:

081333876X

OCLC:

44885295