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UNINA9910300580203321 |
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Autore |
Bartkowski John P |
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Titolo |
The Arc of Faith-Based Initiatives : Religion’s Changing Role in Welfare Service Provision / / by John P. Bartkowski, Susan E. Grettenberger |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 214 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Religion—Philosophy |
Philosophy of Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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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— |
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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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