LEADER 04609nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910780862203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45866-3 010 $a9786612458668 010 $a1-4008-3206-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400832064 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006988 035 $a(EBL)483596 035 $a(OCoLC)630535217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306771 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10444483 035 $a(PQKB)10831861 035 $a(OCoLC)647875291 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36441 035 $a(DE-B1597)446332 035 $a(OCoLC)979758062 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400832064 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483596 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483596 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006988 100 $a20030923d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaving America?$b[electronic resource] $efaith-based services and the future of civil society /$fRobert Wuthnow 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11926-0 311 $a0-691-12628-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-347) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Tables -- $tPreface -- $t1 Why "Faith-Based"? Why Now? -- $t2 Congregation-Based Social Services -- $t3 Congregations as Caring Communities -- $t4 Religion and Volunteering -- $t5 Faith-Based Service Organizations -- $t6 The Recipients of Social Services -- $t7 Promoting Social Trust -- $t8 Experiencing Unlimited Love? -- $t9 Public Policy and Civil Society -- $tMethodological Note -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aOn January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid answers have been few. In Saving America? Robert Wuthnow provides a wealth of up-to-date information whose absence, until now, has hindered the pursuit of answers. Assembling and analyzing new evidence from research he and others have conducted, he reveals what social support faith-based agencies are capable of providing. Among the many questions he addresses: Are congregations effective vehicles for providing broad-based social programs, or are they best at supporting their own members? How many local congregations have formal programs to assist needy families? How much money do such programs represent? How many specialized faith-based service agencies are there, and which are most effective? Are religious organizations promoting trust, love, and compassion? The answers that emerge demonstrate that American religion is helping needy families and that it is, more broadly, fostering civil society. Yet religion alone cannot save America from the broad problems it faces in providing social services to those who need them most. Elegantly written, Saving America? represents an authoritative and evenhanded benchmark of information for the current--and the coming--debate. 606 $aChurch and social problems$zUnited States 606 $aChurch charities$zUnited States 606 $aChurch work with the poor$zUnited States 606 $aCivil society$zUnited States 606 $aFederal aid to human services$zUnited States 606 $aSocial service$zUnited States$xReligious aspects 615 0$aChurch and social problems 615 0$aChurch charities 615 0$aChurch work with the poor 615 0$aCivil society 615 0$aFederal aid to human services 615 0$aSocial service$xReligious aspects. 676 $a361.750973 700 $aWuthnow$b Robert$0882687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780862203321 996 $aSaving America$93735317 997 $aUNINA