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Religion and Faith-Based Welfare : From Wellbeing to Ways of Being
A critical and theoretically sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state andnon-state social welfare provision in Britain.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
The Policy Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Religion and faith-based welfare; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Thinking about religious welfare and rethinking social policy; Religion in contemporary UK: beyond European exceptionalism?; Aims of the book; Analytical foci of the book: from wellbeing to way(s) of being; Definition of terms; Organisation of the book; 1. Conceptualising the relationship between religion and social policy I: historical perspectives; Introduction; Historical overview of religion and social welfare provision in Britain; Conclusion;Questions for discussion
- 2. Conceptualising the relationship between religion and social policy II: theoretical perspectivesIntroduction; Thinking theoretically about religion and social policy: macro-institutional processes; 'Faith-based' welfare organisations in the Anglo-Saxon countries: a rethinking of definitions and functions?; Micro-normative perspectives; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 3. The contemporary British context: social and policy profiles inrelation to religion; Introduction; Religious profile of contemporary Britain
- Religion and good health: beyond the biomedical modelIntegrating knowledge of religion and spirituality into clinical institutional healthcare settings; Beyond chaplaincy: religion in publicly funded institutional healthcare settings; Health support services by religious organisations in the UK: three case studies; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; Useful websites and resources; 6. Social care; Introduction; Ethics of care versus ethics of justice: significance for social policy; Spiritual care; Social care servicesby religious welfare organisations
- Religious profile of social problems and deprivation in contemporary BritainProfile of religious welfare organisations; Religion and the new social policy context in the UK; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; Useful websites; 4. Social work and social action; Introduction; Social work, religion and spirituality: re-engaging the profession; Why should social work take religion into account?; How can social work take religion into account?; Religion and social action: social work as 'more than a service'; Conclusion;Questions for discussion; 5. Health; Introduction
- Religious welfare providers: 'caring communities' versus 'service organisations'Conclusion; Questions for discussion; Useful websites; 7. Poverty reduction and financial assistance; Introduction; Defining poverty from a religious perspective; Church discourses on poverty and economic injustice; Poverty reduction services by religious welfare organisations; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; Useful websites; 8. Housing, urban governance and regeneration; Introduction; Religious identity and housing processes; Religioushousing associations and homeless services