Religion and Faith-Based Welfare : : From Wellbeing to Ways of Being / / Rana Jawad.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Jawad, Rana,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Ano de Publicação: 2012
• Idioma: English
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Thinking about religious welfare and rethinking social policy --; Religion, social welfare and social policy in the UK --; Conceptualising the relationship between religion and social policy I: historical perspectives --; Conceptualising the relationship between religion and social policy II: theoretical perspectives --; The contemporary British context: social and policy profiles in relation to religion --; Sector-specific religious welfare provision in the current UK context --; Social work and social action --; Health --; Social care --; Poverty reduction and financial assistance --; Housing, urban governance and regeneration --; Theoretical and practical implications for social policy --; References --; Index
• Resumo: This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state and non-state social welfare provision in Britain, combining historical discussion of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America. Grounded in new empirical research on religious welfare organisations from the nine major faiths in the UK, the book brings together all of these perspectives to argue for an analytical shift in the definition of wellbeing through a new concept called 'ways of being'. This reflects the moral, ideational and cultural underpinnings of social welfare. Written in a readable style, the book will appeal to students and tutors of social policy, as well as policy-makers seeking to inform themselves about the key issues surrounding faith-based welfare in modern Britain.
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847423917; 9783111196213
• Acesso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rana Jawad.

This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the developm...