02739nam 22006613 450 991078007990332120230817175423.00-520-93532-21-59734-980-1(CKB)111056485640902(EBL)224320(OCoLC)475930497(SSID)ssj0000267966(PQKBManifestationID)11193592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267966(PQKBWorkID)10212162(PQKB)11199451(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083808(MiAaPQ)EBC224320(EXLCZ)9911105648564090220130418h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVisions of charity volunteer workers and moral community /Rebecca Anne AllahyariBerkeley, Calif. ;London :University of California Press,2000.©20001 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)0-520-22144-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.Church work with the homelessChurch work with the homelessCaliforniaSacramentoHelping behaviorHelping behaviorReligious aspects - ChristianitySocial movementsVoluntarismVoluntarismReligious aspectsChristianityCase studiesChurch work with the homeless.Church work with the homelessHelping behavior.Helping behaviorReligious aspects - Christianity.Social movements.Voluntarism.VoluntarismReligious aspectsChristianityCase studies.261.8/325/0979454361.7Allahyari Rebecca Anne1963-1530733AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780079903321Visions of charity3775989UNINA