Protestant Evangelicals, Charitable Choice and the Feeding of the Poor Ronald Eric Matthews, Jr. creator Lane, Janet. text Electronic books. xx Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (154 p.) 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 ... 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. 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 RELIGION / Ethics HV530 .R384 2012 205.677 Ronald Eric Matthews, Jr. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012 9781443843812 (electronic bk.) 1443843814 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1107045 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=523769 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1107045 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=523769 EBLCP 130109 20200709055721.0 ocn823720936 eng