02799cam a2200529Mi 4500 ocn823720936 OCoLC 20200709055721.0 m d cr |n| 130109s2012 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP UBY OCLCO N$T 9781443843812 (electronic bk.) 1443843814 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)823720936 523769 (N$T) HV530 .R384 2012 REL 070000 bisacsh REL 028000 bisacsh 205.677 N$TA Ronald Eric Matthews, Jr. Is Charity a Choice? [electronic resource] : Protestant Evangelicals, Charitable Choice and the Feeding of the Poor. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. 1 online resource (154 p.) TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; NOTES; WORKS CITED. Debates on public policy in the United States are shaped, in part, by moral and religious commitments of individuals and communities. Heclo (2003) writes in Religion Returns to the Public Square, "Government policy and religious matters ... both claim to give authoritative answers to important questions about how people should live." Heclo's words apply especially to the issue of poverty and welfare reform, a matter on which the great religious traditions have played an integral part. Apar ... Description based on print version record. Charity Ethics Religion. Community development Religious aspects. Social service Religious aspects. Church charities United States. Welfare state United States. Church and state United States. RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh RELIGION / Ethics bisacsh Electronic books. Lane, Janet. Print version: Ronald Eric Matthews, Jr. Is Charity a Choice? : Protestant Evangelicals, Charitable Choice and the Feeding of the Poor Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012 9781443841931 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1107045 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=523769 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1107045 YBP Library Services YANK 9969602 EBSCOhost EBSC 523769 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52425 52425