TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wuthnow,Robert
TI  - Saving America?: Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society
SN  - 9781400832064
AV  - HV530 
U1  - 361.750973 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Church charities
KW  - United States
KW  - Church and social problems
KW  - Faith-based human services
KW  - Church work with the poor
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Federal aid to human services
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology of Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Preliminaries; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Why "Faith-Based"? Why Now?; 2. Congregation-Based Social Services; 3. Congregations as Caring Communities; 4. Religion and Volunteering; 5. Faith-Based Service Organizations; 6. The Recipients of Social Services; 7. Promoting Social Trust; 8. Experiencing Unlimited Love?; 9. Public Policy and Civil Society; Methodological Note; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
N2  - On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid answ
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