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Informationen zum Autor Julie Adkins is adjunct faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington.Laurie Occhipinti is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Earth Sciences at Clarion University.Tara Hefferan is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Central Michigan University. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations: An IntroductionChapter 2: A Theology of Presence: Faith Partnerships with U.S. Public SchoolsChapter 3: On the Border: Faith-Based Initiatives and Pentecostal Praxis in Brownsville, TexasChapter 4: Faith-Based Development and Community Renaissance: Tradition and Transformation in South MemphisChapter 5: Bricks without Straw: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the Hostile CityChapter 6: Muslims, Medicine, and Mercy: Tales of Two Clinics in Southern CaliforniaChapter 7: Culture, History, and Discourse at Tree of Life: A Faith-Based Relief Agency in Mission, South DakotaChapter 8: What's Islam Got to Do with It? American Pluralism, Ethnographic Sensibilities, and Faith-Based Refugee Resettlement in Hartford, ConnecticutChapter 9: Translating Religious Traditions into Service: Lessons from the Faith and Organizations ProjectChapter 10: Religious Organizational Identity and Environmental DemandsChapter 11: Bio-pistis and the Conversion of a Heroin Addict: God, Prison, and BiomedicineChapter 12: Straight from the Devil: Contours of "the Public" in American Public Health...
