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- 2003066360 abstract "Publisher's description: On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid answers have been few. In Saving America? Robert Wuthnow provides a wealth of up-to-date information whose absence, until now, has hindered the pursuit of answers. Assembling and analyzing new evidence from research he and others have conducted, he reveals what social support faith-based agencies are capable of providing. Among the many questions he addresses: Are congregations effective vehicles for providing broad-based social programs, or are they best at supporting their own members? How many local congregations have formal programs to assist needy families? How much money do such programs represent? How many specialized faith-based service agencies are there, and which are most effective? Are religious organizations promoting trust, love, and compassion? The answers that emerge demonstrate that American religion is helping needy families and that it is, more broadly, fostering civil society. Yet religion alone cannot save America from the broad problems it faces in providing social services to those who need them most. Elegantly written, Saving America? represents an authoritative and evenhanded benchmark of information for the current--and the coming--debate.".
- 2003066360 contributor B9557837.
- 2003066360 created "c2004.".
- 2003066360 date "2004".
- 2003066360 date "c2004.".
- 2003066360 dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- 2003066360 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-347) and index.".
- 2003066360 description "Publisher's description: On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid answers have been few. In Saving America? Robert Wuthnow provides a wealth of up-to-date information whose absence, until now, has hindered the pursuit of answers. Assembling and analyzing new evidence from research he and others have conducted, he reveals what social support faith-based agencies are capable of providing. Among the many questions he addresses: Are congregations effective vehicles for providing broad-based social programs, or are they best at supporting their own members? How many local congregations have formal programs to assist needy families? How much money do such programs represent? How many specialized faith-based service agencies are there, and which are most effective? Are religious organizations promoting trust, love, and compassion? The answers that emerge demonstrate that American religion is helping needy families and that it is, more broadly, fostering civil society. Yet religion alone cannot save America from the broad problems it faces in providing social services to those who need them most. Elegantly written, Saving America? represents an authoritative and evenhanded benchmark of information for the current--and the coming--debate.".
- 2003066360 extent "xviii, 354 p.".
- 2003066360 identifier "0691119260 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- 2003066360 identifier 2003066360-d.html.
- 2003066360 identifier 2003066360-t.html.
- 2003066360 issued "2004".
- 2003066360 issued "c2004.".
- 2003066360 language "eng".
- 2003066360 publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- 2003066360 spatial "United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "361.7/5/0973 22".
- 2003066360 subject "Church and social problems United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "Church charities United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "Church work with the poor United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "Civil society United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "Faith-based human services United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "Federal aid to human services United States.".
- 2003066360 subject "HV530 .W885 2004".
- 2003066360 title "Saving America? : faith-based services and the future of civil society / Robert Wuthnow.".
- 2003066360 type "text".