LEADER 04682nam 2200649 450 001 9910790812503321 005 20230126203703.0 010 $a1-4985-5664-7 010 $a0-7391-7903-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001175859 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10823599 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001082918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12442798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001082918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11100841 035 $a(PQKB)10425514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1583565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1583565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823599 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL557145 035 $a(OCoLC)866839267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001175859 100 $a20140117d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFaith-based policy $ea litmus test for understanding contemporary America /$fJohn Chandler 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (149 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7391-7902-0 311 $a1-306-25894-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe need to know -- Finding an instrument of the spirit : European roots -- The roots take hold in the United States -- The context for growth in the new millennium -- From theory to application : conflicting signals -- Theory in application : conflicting use of the instruments -- New theory : Obama and lessons from life -- New theory : Obama, Niebuhr and liberals -- Theory in application : a new partnership with Americans? -- Obama, faith-based policy, and "the center." 330 $a"In 2001, George W. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The driving force behind the policy was to create a "level playing field" where faith-based organizations could compete on an equal footing with secular organizations for government funding of social aid programs. Given, on the one hand, the continuation of faith-based policy under Barack Obama and, on the other, the continued support by the vast majority of the American people for some form of such policy, the need has emerged to clearly understand what this policy is and the issues that it raises. Why? First, because the policy reveals new paradigms that explode traditional political and religious designations such as conservative-liberal or evangelical-progressive. Secondly, it is a policy which is setting precedents that with time will only become more entrenched in the institutional fabric of American government and the values of the culture. Finally, it does not seem to be a policy that is likely to just go away. And if it won't go away, then, how should responsible policy be conducted? While John Chandler's Faith-Based Policy: A Litmus Test for Understanding Contemporary America responds to this need to understand, it also acknowledges that there is already a substantial amount of documentation available, which, taken together, provides a comprehensive, though sometimes biased, picture of faith-based policy. This book contributes a relatively brief, impartial analysis that draws on and synthesizes the available information. More specifically, in order to dissipate the confusion surrounding the perceptions that many have had concerning the intention and meaning of the policy, this book provides insight into: 1) the theological visions of the faith-based actors behind the policy; 2) how these actors have tried to apply these visions as the program has evolved in the 2000s; 3) the divisiveness and debate that has characterized the faith-based experiment, and; 4) how all of the above may be held up for contemplation by the reader as a mirror of developing American culture." -- Publisher's website 606 $aFaith-based human services$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aHuman services$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 606 $aReligion and politics$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 615 0$aFaith-based human services$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aHuman services$xGovernment policy 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aReligion and politics 676 $a361.7/50973 700 $aChandler$b John$f1954 May 16-$01463681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790812503321 996 $aFaith-based policy$93673065 997 $aUNINA