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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813877503321

Autore

Monsma Stephen V. <1936->

Titolo

Pluralism and freedom : faith-based organizations in a democratic society / / Stephen V. Monsma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012

ISBN

9781442214323

1442214325

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

361.7/50973

Soggetti

Faith-based human services - United States

Democracy - Religious aspects

United States Social policy

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

Contents; Preface; Chapter 01. The Issue That Will Not Go Away; Chapter 02. Faith-Based Organizations and the Network of Human Services; Chapter 03. The Seedbeds of Attitudes towards Faith-Based Organizations; Chapter 04. The Partisan-Political Landscape Today; Chapter 05. Structural Pluralism in Christian Democratic Thought; Chapter 06. Faith-Based Organizations in a Pluralistic Public Square; Notes; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Faith-based organizations play a major role in providing a host of health, educational, and social services to the public. Nearly all these efforts, however, have been accompanied by intense debate and numerous legal challenges. The right of faith-based organizations to hire based on religion, the presence of religious symbols and icons in rooms where government-subsidized services are provided, and the enforcement of gay civil rights to which some faith-based organizations object all continue to be subjects of intense debate and numerous court cases. In <span style=""