Not by Faith Alone - Social Services, Social Justice, Faith based Organizations in United

This volume builds on the existing ethnographic literature on faith-based development internationally to offer a fresh and sophisticated analysis of faith-based organizations in the United States. The case studies included offer starting points for expanded discussions on the meaning of 'faith-based' development, the differences between faith-based and secular development approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and whether faith-based organizations can offer more efficient and effective solutions to structural inequality and poverty alleviation.

List 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

About the author

Edited by Julie Adkins; Laurie A. Occhipinti and Tara Hefferan - Contributions by Janet Bauer; Janet G. Brashler; Wendy Cadge; Andrea Chivakos; Scott T. Fitzgerald; William Garriott; Lance D. Laird; Katherine Lambert-Pennington; Isaac Morrison; Leah Munde

Product details

• Authors: Julie (EDT)/ Occhipinti Adkins
• Assisted by: Julie Adkins (Editor), Tara Hefferan (Editor), Laurie Occhipinti (Editor), Laurie A. Occhipinti (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739146590
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4659-0
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, RELIGION / Faith, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, Social groups, Religion & beliefs, Social Work, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy