TY - BOOK AU - Adkins,Julie AU - Occhipinti,Laurie A. AU - Hefferan,Tara TI - Not by faith alone: social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States SN - 9781461633945 AV - HV91 .N68 2010 U1 - 361.7/50973 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Social service KW - United States KW - Social justice KW - Religious institutions KW - Faith-based human services KW - Justice sociale KW - États-Unis KW - Services sociaux basés sur la foi KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Philanthropy & Charity KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - hilcc KW - Social Sciences KW - Social Welfare & Social Work - General KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - This volume builds on the existing ethnographic literature on faith-based development internationally to offer a fresh and sophisticated analysis of faith-based organizations in the United States. The case studies included offer starting points for expanded discussions on the meaning of 'faith-based' development, the differences between faith-based and secular development approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and whether faith-based organizations can offer more efficient and effective solutions to structural inequality and poverty alleviation UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=492679 ER -