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PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739106309
ISBN-139780739106303
eBay Product ID (ePID)2443285
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameIn God We Trust? : Faith-Based Organizations and the Quest to Solve America's Social Ills
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectReference, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorLewis D. Solomon
SeriesReligion, Politics, and Society in the New Millennium Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight21.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-000962
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal361.7/5
Table Of ContentChapter 1 George W. Bush's Road to a New Deal for Faith Chapter 2 The Transformation of America's Social Safety Net Chapter 3 Armies of Compassion: What Are Faith-Based Organizations and What Do They Do? Chapter 4 Are Faith-Based Organizations Effective? Chapter 5 Charitable Choice: Its Genesis, Expansion, and Implementation prior to the Bush Presidency Chapter 6 Implementation of President George W. Bush's New Deal for Faith Chapter 7 The Funding of Faith-Based Organizations: The Constitutional Dimension Chapter 8 Meeting the Challenge of America's Social Pathologies: The Long and Difficult Road Ahead
SynopsisLewis D. Solomon offers a balanced, hardheaded analysis of faith-based organizations, examining what they are, presenting his original 'faith-factor' theory for their effectiveness, and treating the various arguments raised by opponents of faith-based organizations and the new social policy approach, fairly and professionally. This book provides 'reader-friendly' answers to constitutional law questions, empirical studies of effectiveness, and prescriptions for funding and staffing., This pioneering book charts how President George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" creates a new path for American Social Policy. There is a growing interest in testing the proposition that faith-based organizations (FBOs) could do even greater good, especially if government supports an expanded role. The organizations represent a potentially valuable, but controversial, resource because they offer to fight a very different war against America's social ills. This work offers three conclusions. First, FBOs are effective in dealing with chronic social problems because they spark personal transformation. Second, financing them through the Tax Code or vouchers is preferable to direct federal funding. The fear that public funding means government take-over of religion serves as perhaps the greatest impediment to a more expansive role for FBOs. Third, although predicting the U.S. Supreme Court's resolution of church-state issues is fraught with difficulties, the emerging "equal treatment" of religion by the High Court suggests a more permissive attitude toward the federal funding of religous charities. The tax and voucher alternatives seem certain to pass constitutional muster. In God We Trust? is among the first works to assess President Bush's policy efforts to meet America's social ills by turning more tasks over to FBOs. In addition to demonstrating the constitutionality of the federal efforts to fund FBOs, the book analytically summarizes the existing empirical evidence dealing with the effectiveness of faith-based organizations.
LC Classification NumberHV95.S63 2003
