Not by Faith Alone

Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations in the United States

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Social Work, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Faith
Cover of the book Not by Faith Alone by Janet Bauer, Janet G. Brashler, Wendy Cadge, Andrea Chivakos, Scott T. Fitzgerald, William Garriott, Lance D. Laird, Katherine Lambert-Pennington, Isaac Morrison, Leah Mundell, Julie Pfromm, Laura Polk, Timoteo Rodriguez, Jo Anne Schneider, Ethan P. Sharp, Lexington Books
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Author: Janet Bauer, Janet G. Brashler, Wendy Cadge, Andrea Chivakos, Scott T. Fitzgerald, William Garriott, Lance D. Laird, Katherine Lambert-Pennington, Isaac Morrison, Leah Mundell, Julie Pfromm, Laura Polk, Timoteo Rodriguez, Jo Anne Schneider, Ethan P. Sharp ISBN: 9781461633945
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: July 2, 2010
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Janet Bauer, Janet G. Brashler, Wendy Cadge, Andrea Chivakos, Scott T. Fitzgerald, William Garriott, Lance D. Laird, Katherine Lambert-Pennington, Isaac Morrison, Leah Mundell, Julie Pfromm, Laura Polk, Timoteo Rodriguez, Jo Anne Schneider, Ethan P. Sharp
ISBN: 9781461633945
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: July 2, 2010
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.

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This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.

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