Faith-based initiatives and aging services / / F. Ellen Netting, James W. Ellor, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779456703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Pastoral Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-136-43311-2; 0-203-05113-0; 1-283-88504-2; 1-136-43304-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: Journal of religious gerontology monographic "separates"
• Altri autori (Persone): EllorJames W; NettingF. Ellen
• Disciplina: 201/.7626/0973
• Soggetti: Aging - Religious aspects - Christianity; Older Christians - Religious life; Church work with older people; Church charities - United States; Human services - United States; Church and state - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Faith-based initiatives and aging services has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of religious gerontology, volume 16, numbers 1/2 2004."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services; CONTENTS; Preface; Separation of Church and State: Impact on Faith-Based Services; Micro Practice and Faith-Based Initiatives: The Role of Religious Congregations in the Social Service System; Faith-Related Agencies and Their Implications for Aging Services; Dialogue with Elizabeth Seale-Scott, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Baptist Perspectives on Faith-Based Initiatives and Religious Liberty; Wherefore the Faith-Based Initiative: A Commentary and Analysis; Managing Older Volunteers: Implications for Faith-Based OrganizationsFaith Organizations and Ethnically Diverse Elders: A Community Action Model; The Heritage of Religion and Spirituality in ; the Field of Gerontology: Don Clingan, Tom Cook, and the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderlyReligious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiation of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has raised many questions from both the traditional secular and sectarian services as well as many nontraditional services found in each community. Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services addresses the issues of the separation of