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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465288003321

Titolo

Welfare and religion in 21st century Europe . Volume 2 Gendered, religious and social change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anders Bäckström ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2011

ISBN

1-003-06340-3

1-000-10947-X

9786613089557

0-7546-9257-4

1-283-08955-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Welfare and religion in 21st century Europe ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

BäckströmAnders

Disciplina

361.75094

Soggetti

Public welfare - Europe

Welfare state - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The WREP Project: Building Bridges -- Majority Churches as Agents of European Welfare: A Sociological Approach -- A Gendered Perspective on Welfare and Religion in Europe -- Thinking Theologically about Welfare and Religion -- Welfare and Religion in Europe: Themes, Theories and Tensions

Sommario/riassunto

This book poses new questions about the religious, the secular and the implications of each for the process known as secularization. Looking carefully at the gendered nature of care, they ask why women predominate so noticeably in both religion and welfare at least in the delivery of service. The topical issues in this book include the increased visibility of religion in the public sphere, the anxieties of European populations about the welfare state and the centrality of gender to both questions.