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The Arc of Faith-Based Initiatives: Religion's Changing Role in Welfare Service Provision

The Arc of Faith-Based Initiatives: Religion's Changing Role in Welfare Service Provision

Bartkowski, John P.
Grettenberger, Susan E.

Hardcover

PhilosophyReligion General General Sociology

ISBN10: 3319906674
ISBN13: 9783319906676
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 28 2018
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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