Not by faith alone : social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States
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Not by faith alone : social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States
Lexington Books, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States : an introduction / Julie Adkins, Laurie Occhipinti, and Tara Hefferan
- A theology of presence : faith partnerships with U.S. public schools / Leah Mundell
- On the border : faith-based initiatives and pentecostal praxis in Brownsville, Texas / Ethan P. Sharp
- Faith-based development and community renaissance : tradition and transformation in South Memphis / Katherine Lambert-Pennington and Julie Pfromm
- Bricks without straw : faith-based responses to homelessness in the hostile city / Julie Adkins
- Muslims, medicine, and mercy : free clinics in southern California / Lance D. Laird and Wendy Cadge
- Culture, history, and discourse at tree of life : a faith-based relief agency in mission, South Dakota / Janet G. Brashler
- What's Islam got to do with it? : American pluralism, ethnographic sensibilities, and faith-based refugee resettlement in Hartford, Connecticut / Janet Bauer and Andrea Chivakos
- Translating religious traditions into service : lessons from the faith and organizations project / Jo Anne Schneider, Laura Polk, and Isaac Morrison
- Religious organizational identity and environmental demands / Scott T. Fitzgerald
- "Bio-pistis" : conversion of a heroin addicts in prisons, on medicine, and with god / Timoteo Rodriguez
- Straight from the devil : contours of "the public" in American public health / William Garriott
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations: An Introduction
Chapter 2: A Theology of Presence: Faith Partnerships with U.S. Public Schools
Chapter 3: On the Border: Faith-Based Initiatives and Pentecostal Praxis in Brownsville, Texas
Chapter 4: Faith-Based Development and Community Renaissance: Tradition and Transformation in South Memphis
Chapter 5: Bricks without Straw: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the Hostile City
Chapter 6: Muslims, Medicine, and Mercy: Tales of Two Clinics in Southern California
Chapter 7: Culture, History, and Discourse at Tree of Life: A Faith-Based Relief Agency in Mission, South Dakota
Chapter 8: What's Islam Got to Do with It? American Pluralism, Ethnographic Sensibilities, and Faith-Based Refugee Resettlement in Hartford, Connecticut
Chapter 9: Translating Religious Traditions into Service: Lessons from the Faith and Organizations Project
Chapter 10: Religious Organizational Identity and Environmental Demands
Chapter 11: Bio-pistis and the Conversion of a Heroin Addict: God, Prison, and Biomedicine
Chapter 12: Straight from the Devil: Contours of "the Public" in American Public Health
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