ISBN:
9780814799017
,
9780814799024
,
0814799019
,
0814799027
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 214 S.
,
24cm
DDC:
361.7509762
Keywords:
Church charities
;
Public welfare
;
Public welfare Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Church and social problems
;
Church work with the poor
;
Mississippi 〈Staat〉 Fürsorge
;
Kirchliche Sozialarbeit
;
Staat Mississippi
;
Fürsorge
;
Kirchliche Sozialarbeit
Abstract:
The welfare revolution and charitable choice -- Social welfare and faith based benevolence in historical perspective -- Faith based poverty relief : congregational strategies -- A tale of two churches : United Methodists in black and white -- Debating devolution: Pentecostal and Southern Baptist perspectives -- Invisible minorities : transnational migrants in Mississippi -- Street level benevolence at the march for Jesus -- Charitable choice : promise and peril in the post welfare era
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-203) and index. - The welfare revolution and charitable choice -- Social welfare and faith based benevolence in historical perspective -- Faith based poverty relief : congregational strategies -- A tale of two churches : United Methodists in black and white -- Debating devolution: Pentecostal and Southern Baptist perspectives -- Invisible minorities : transnational migrants in Mississippi -- Street level benevolence at the march for Jesus -- Charitable choice : promise and peril in the post welfare era
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