LEADER 02823nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910457438303321 005 20210829225723.0 010 $a9781442214323 010 $a1442214325 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079803 035 $a(EBL)850757 035 $a(OCoLC)775302631 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000662394 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264946 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662394 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10721513 035 $a(PQKB)10753069 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC850757 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL850757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10538147 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL344709 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079803 100 $a20110912d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPluralism and freedom$b[electronic resource] $efaith-based organizations in a democratic society /$fStephen V. Monsma 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1431-7 311 $a1-4422-1430-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aFaith-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