Faith-based organizations and social welfare : associational life and religion in contemporary Western Europe
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Faith-based organizations and social welfare : associational life and religion in contemporary Western Europe
（Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy / series editors, Ted G. Jelen and Mark J. Rozell）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Description
This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with declining numbers of adherents, might contribute to the deepening of democracy. Throughout, the volume invites social scientists to consider the on-going role of faith-based organizations in Western European civil society, and investigates whether the concept of muted vibrancy aids our theoretical understanding.
Table of Contents
List of IllustrationsForeword, Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan UniversityPreface and Acknowledgments
1. "Use Words Only if Necessary": the Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary EuropePaul Christopher Manuel, American University and Miguel Glatzer, LaSalle University
Part One: Countries with a Dominant Religious Society2. The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social PolicyMichele Dillon, University of New Hampshire 3. Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in the Italy before and after the Great Recession: Towards a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services?Ugo Ascoli and Marco Arlotti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche 4. Muted Vibrancy and the Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholic Third Sector, Economic Crisis, and Territorial Welfare in SpainXabier Itcaina, Centre Emile Durkheim, SciencesPo Bordeaux 5. The State, Religious Institutions, and Welfare Delivery: The Case of PortugalPaul Christopher Manuel, American University and Miguel Glatzer, LaSalle University6. Church-State Relations in Today's Crisis-Beset Greece: A Delicate Balance within a Frantic Society Periklis Polyzoidis, Democritus University of Thrace Komotini,
Part Two: Countries with Competing Religious Societies, and with a Formerly Dominant Church7. Combining Secular Public Space and Growing Diversity? Interactions between Religious Organizations as Welfare Providers and the Public in Sweden Annette Leis-Peters, VID Specialized University 8. Social Capital and Religion in the United KingdomSteven Kettell, University of Warwick9. Faith-based Organizations under Double-Pressure: The Impact of Market-Liberalization and Secularization on Caritas and Diakonie in Germany Josef Hien, European University Institute
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