Saving America? : : Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society /

Saving America? : : Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society / / Robert Wuthnow.

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On 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 socia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Wuthnow, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2004
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 64 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1 Why "Faith-Based"? Why Now?
  • 2 Congregation-Based Social Services
  • 3 Congregations as Caring Communities
  • 4 Religion and Volunteering
  • 5 Faith-Based Service Organizations
  • 6 The Recipients of Social Services
  • 7 Promoting Social Trust
  • 8 Experiencing Unlimited Love?
  • 9 Public Policy and Civil Society
  • Methodological Note
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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