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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aChandler, John, _d1954 May 16-
245	1	0	_aFaith-based policy : _ba litmus test for understanding contemporary America / _cJohn Chandler.
264		1	_aLanham, Maryland : _bLexington Books, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 137 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe need to know -- Finding an instrument of the spirit : European roots -- The roots take hold in the United States -- The context for growth in the new millennium -- From theory to application : conflicting signals -- Theory in application : conflicting use of the instruments -- New theory : Obama and lessons from life -- New theory : Obama, Niebuhr and liberals -- Theory in application : a new partnership with Americans? -- Obama, faith-based policy, and "the center."
520			_a"In 2001, George W. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The driving force behind the policy was to create a "level playing field" where faith-based organizations could compete on an equal footing with secular organizations for government funding of social aid programs. Given, on the one hand, the continuation of faith-based policy under Barack Obama and, on the other, the continued support by the vast majority of the American people for some form of such policy, the need has emerged to clearly understand what this policy is and the issues that it raises. Why? First, because the policy reveals new paradigms that explode traditional political and religious designations such as conservative-liberal or evangelical-progressive. Secondly, it is a policy which is setting precedents that with time will only become more entrenched in the institutional fabric of American government and the values of the culture. Finally, it does not seem to be a policy that is likely to just go away. And if it won't go away, then, how should responsible policy be conducted? While John Chandler's Faith-Based Policy: A Litmus Test for Understanding Contemporary America responds to this need to understand, it also acknowledges that there is already a substantial amount of documentation available, which, taken together, provides a comprehensive, though sometimes biased, picture of faith-based policy. This book contributes a relatively brief, impartial analysis that draws on and synthesizes the available information. More specifically, in order to dissipate the confusion surrounding the perceptions that many have had concerning the intention and meaning of the policy, this book provides insight into: 1) the theological visions of the faith-based actors behind the policy; 2) how these actors have tried to apply these visions as the program has evolved in the 2000s; 3) the divisiveness and debate that has characterized the faith-based experiment, and; 4) how all of the above may be held up for contemplation by the reader as a mirror of developing American culture."--Publisher's website.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
590			_aMaster record variable field(s) change: 651
610	2	0	_aWhite House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (U.S.)
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bWhite House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
600	1	0	_aBush, George W. _q(George Walker), _d1946- _xPolitical and social views.
600	1	0	_aObama, Barack _xPolitical and social views.
650		0	_aFaith-based human services _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHuman services _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aChurch and state _zUnited States.
650		0	_aReligion and politics _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009-2017.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE _xPublic Policy _xSocial Services & Welfare. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xHuman Services. _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aChandler, John, 1954 May 16- _tFaith-based policy _z9780739179024 _w(DLC) 2013041462 _w(OCoLC)861755243
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