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