social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States Adkins, Julie 1960- Occhipinti, Laurie A. 1968- Hefferan, Tara 1972- text bibliography Electronic books. mdu Lanham, Md Lexington Books c2010 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (ix, 264 p.) "This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a critical light onto these organizations and their role 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"--P. [4] of cover. 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 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. edited by Julie Adkins, Laurie Occhipinti, and Tara Hefferan. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Social service United States Social justice United States Religious institutions United States Faith-based human services United States SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity HV91 .N68 2010 361.7/50973 (DLC) 2010019169 146163394X (electronic bk.) 9781461633945 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=492679 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=492679 YDXCP 121009 20200709055613.0 ocn812406740