Wuthnow Saving America?

Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3206-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wuthnow, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables ix

Preface xiii

1. Why "Faith-Based"? Why Now? 1

Bringing Evidence to Bear 5

Beyond the Modernization Story 9

The Faith-Based Services Debate 12

Religion as an Embedded Practice 17

A Civil Society? 22

2. Congregation-Based Social Services 25

Formal Sponsorship of Service Programs 28

Members' Awareness of Service Programs 42

Congregations' Financial Contribution 46

Which Congregations Do More? 52

How Service Programs Are Organized 57

Conclusions and Unanswered Questions 61

3. Congregations as Caring Communities 64

Emphasizing the Value of Caring 66

Congregations as Civic Space 70

Caring in Small Groups 74

Congregations as Sources of Social Capital 79

Gregariousness 84

Congregations as Sources of Influential Friends 89

Overcoming Status Distinctions 92

Summing Up 94

4. Religion and Volunteering 99

What Surveys Show 102

Who Volunteers More? 106

Is Faith-Based Volunteering Different? 115

Volunteering and Connectedness 119

Motivations for Volunteering 121

Barriers to Volunteering 132

Some Unresolved Questions 135

5. Faith-Based Service Organizations 138

How Many Faith-Based Organizations Are There? 140

How is Faith Involved? 142

How Faith-Based Organizations Function 150

Arguments about Effectiveness 158

The Role of Faith in Nonsectarian Organizations 161

Challenges and Strategies 165

Conclusions 171

6. The Recipients of Social Services 176

Census Bureau Information 177

Evidence from Other Sources 181

Religious Characteristics of the Lower-Income Population 185

Needs and Services in a Small City 191

Conclusions 213

7. Promoting Social Trust 217

Trust among Lower-Income People 219

Desirable Traits of Caregivers 222

Tr ustworthiness of Service Providers 228

A Closer Look at Trust 232

Trust within Families and among Friends 240

Trust in Congregations 243

Trust in Service Agencies 247

When Trust Is Broken 250

The Social Contribution of Trust 254

8. Experiencing Unlimited Love? 256

How Caregivers Talk about Love 261

Do Recipients Experience Love? 269

The Role of Faith 275

Consequences of Receiving Care 279

Limited Love and the Realities of Social Life 284

9. Public Policy and Civil Society 286

Support for Government-Religion Partnerships 288

The Christian Conservative Movement 297

Is Civil Society One-Dimensional? 305

Methodological Note 311

Notes 315

Select Bibliography 333

Index 349

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Wuthnow is Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His books include American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short (Princeton), Acts of Compassion, and Poor Richard's Principle.