03884nam 22006254a 450 991081257300332120240410153659.00-8157-9845-8(CKB)111087027971444(EBL)3004353(OCoLC)53371697(SSID)ssj0000240455(PQKBManifestationID)11195290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240455(PQKBWorkID)10265496(PQKB)10840028(MiAaPQ)EBC3004353(Au-PeEL)EBL3004353(CaPaEBR)ebr10026285(EXLCZ)9911108702797144420011011d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSacred places, civic purposes[electronic resource] should government help faith-based charity? /E.J. Dionne and Ming Hsu Chen, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20011 online resource (373 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-0259-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; When the Sacred Meets the Civic: An Introduction; Framing the Debate: Faith- Based Approaches to Preventing Teen Pregnancy; Joseph's Promise: Extending God's Grace to Pregnant Teens; Conservative Triumph: Successes of Worship and Family in Preventing Teen Pregnancy; Defining the Terms of Collaboration: Faith- Based Organizations and Government in Criminal Justice; Not by Faith Alone: Religion, Crime, and Substance Abuse; Community Development and Religious InstitutionsMany Are Called, but Few Are Chosen: Faith- Based Organizations and Community DevelopmentPartnerships of Schools and Faith- Based Organizations; Faith- Based Organizations and Public Education Reform; Faith Communities and Public Education: The View from the Superintendent's Office; The Child- Care Landscape; A Survey of Congregation- Based Child Care in the United States; Promises and Perils: Faith- Based Involvement in After- School Programs; Sacred Places? Not Quite. Civic Purposes? Almost.; Compassion in Truth and Action: What Washington Can Not Do to HelpTesting the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Religion; In Good Faith: Government Funding of Faith- Based Social Services; The Breaking Points: When Consensus Becomes Conflict; Holy Waters: Plunging into the Sea of Faith- Based Initiatives; Contributors; IndexLong before there was a welfare state, there were efforts by religious congregations to alleviate poverty. Those efforts have continued since the establishment of government programs to help the poor, and congregations have often worked with government agencies to provide food, clothing and care, to set up after-school activities, provide teen pregnancy counseling, and develop programs to prevent crime. Until now, much of this church-state cooperation has gone on with limited opposition or notice. But the Bush Administration's new proposal to broaden support for ""faith-based"" social programsChurch charitiesUnited StatesChurch charitiesGovernment policyUnited StatesGovernment aidUnited StatesChurch and stateUnited StatesChurch charitiesChurch charitiesGovernment policyGovernment aidChurch and state361.7/5/0973Dionne E. J.Jr.1681499Chen Ming Hsu1700830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812573003321Sacred places, civic purposes4084145UNINA