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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780079903321

Autore

Allahyari Rebecca Anne <1963->

Titolo

Visions of charity : volunteer workers and moral community / / Rebecca Anne Allahyari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-520-93532-2

1-59734-980-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)

Disciplina

261.8/325/0979454

361.7

Soggetti

Church work with the homeless

Church work with the homeless - California - Sacramento

Helping behavior

Helping behavior - Religious aspects - Christianity

Social movements

Voluntarism

Voluntarism - Religious aspects - Christianity - Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Performing Personalist Hospitality; 2. Administering Salvationism; 3. Moral Selving within Personalist Hospitality; 4. Moral Selving within Salvationism; 5. The Politics of Charity; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the United States, public talk about charity for the poor is highly moralistic, even in our era of welfare reform. But how do we understand the actual experience of caring for the poor? This study looks at the front lines of volunteer involvement with the poor and homeless to assess what volunteer work means for those who do it.