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Faith-based initiatives and aging services / / F. Ellen Netting, James W. Ellor, editors



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Titolo: Faith-based initiatives and aging services / / F. Ellen Netting, James W. Ellor, editors Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Pastoral Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina: 201/.7626/0973
Soggetto topico: Aging - Religious aspects - Christianity
Older Christians - Religious life
Church work with older people
Church charities - United States
Human services - United States
Church and state - United States
Altri autori: EllorJames W  
NettingF. Ellen  
Note generali: "Faith-based initiatives and aging services has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of religious gerontology, volume 16, numbers 1/2 2004."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services; CONTENTS; Preface; Separation of Church and State: Impact on Faith-Based Services; Micro Practice and Faith-Based Initiatives: The Role of Religious Congregations in the Social Service System; Faith-Related Agencies and Their Implications for Aging Services; Dialogue with Elizabeth Seale-Scott, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Baptist Perspectives on Faith-Based Initiatives and Religious Liberty; Wherefore the Faith-Based Initiative: A Commentary and Analysis
Managing Older Volunteers: Implications for Faith-Based OrganizationsFaith Organizations and Ethnically Diverse Elders: A Community Action Model; The Heritage of Religion and Spirituality in the Field of Gerontology: Don Clingan, Tom Cook, and the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderlyReligious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiation of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has raised many questions from both the traditional secular and sectarian services as well as many nontraditional services found in each community. Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services addresses the issues of the separation of
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ISBN: 1-136-43311-2
0-203-05113-0
1-283-88504-2
1-136-43304-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779456703321
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