The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership

by Cnaan, RAM A.

• ISBN13: 9780231116251
• ISBN10: 023111625X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

-- Mark Chaves, Sociology of Religion

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Challenge of Devolution and the Promise of Religious-Based Social Services: An Introduction	1	(24)
PART 1. THE AMBIVALENT COEXISTENCE OF SOCIAL WORK AND RELIGIOUS-BASED SOCIAL SERVICES
What Do We Mean by ``Religious-Based Social Services''?	25	(22)
Religious-Based Social Services in Social Work Literature and Education	47	(22)
Reasons for the Rift Between Social Work and Religious-Based Social Services	69	(22)
PART 2. PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS-BASED SOCIAL SERVICES: THEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS, HISTORICAL TRENDS, AND CURRENT FINDINGS
Theological Teaching and Emphasis on Helping the Needy	91	(21)
Religious Roots of America's Social Services System	112	(21)
Religion and the Quality of Life of Individuals	133	(24)
Religion and Social Services Provision at the End of the Twentieth Century	157	(28)
Empowerment and Organized Religion	185	(27)
Religious-Based Social Services Provision: Findings from Local Studies---Greensboro	212	(17)
Religious-Based Social Services Provision: Findings from Local Studies---Philadelphia	229	(50)
PART 3. THE CHALLENGE AHEAD
Political and Societal Trends in Social Services Provision	279	(20)
Toward a Limited Partnership for a Newer Deal	299	(16)
References	315	(32)
Contributors	347	(2)
Name Index	349	(10)
Subject Index	359