LEADER 03753nam 22007214a 450 001 9910454198803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96613-4 010 $a9786611966133 010 $a0-226-64208-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226642086 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578615 035 $a(EBL)432274 035 $a(OCoLC)309850298 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164059 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164705 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164059 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10117567 035 $a(PQKB)10595535 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432274 035 $a(DE-B1597)524634 035 $a(OCoLC)1058333406 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226642086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432274 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196613 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578615 100 $a20070109d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod and government in the ghetto$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of church-state collaboration in Black America /$fMichael Leo Owens 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 225 1 $aMorality and society series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-64207-0 311 $a0-226-64206-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-292) and index. 327 $aThe extent and support of African American churches' collaboration with government -- The volition to collaborate with government -- Public policy and Black neighborhood decline -- Faith in action for neighborhood redemption -- Partnering with Caesar -- Acquiring resources for neighborhood resurrection -- Complementing collaboration. 330 $aIn recent years, as government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This collaboration, activist churches explain, is a way of enacting their faith and helping their neighborhoods. But as Michael Leo Owens demonstrates in God and Government in the Ghetto, this alliance also serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership and reposition moral authority in black civil society. Drawing on both survey data and fieldwork in New York City, Owens reveals that African American churches can use these newly forged connections with public agencies to influence policy and government responsiveness in a way that reaches beyond traditional electoral or protest politics. The churches and neighborhoods, Owens argues, can see a real benefit from that influence-but it may come at the expense of less involvement at the grassroots. Anyone with a stake in the changing strategies employed by churches as they fight for social justice will find God and Government in the Ghetto compelling reading. 410 0$aMorality and society. 606 $aAfrican American churches 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 606 $aFaith-based human services$zUnited States 606 $aCommunity development, Urban$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American churches. 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aFaith-based human services 615 0$aCommunity development, Urban 676 $a322/.108996073 700 $aOwens$b Michael Leo$0989148 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454198803321 996 $aGod and government in the ghetto$92262186 997 $aUNINA