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Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderlyReligious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Netting, F. Ellen, Ellor, James W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Pastoral Press, ©2004.
Series:Journal of religious gerontology monographic "separates."
Subjects:
Aging > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Older Christians > Religious life.
Church work with older people.
Church charities > United States.
Human services > United States.
Church and state > United States.
Christianity.
Charities
Christianity
Health Services for the Aged
Vieillissement > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Personnes âgées chrétiennes > Vie religieuse.
Pastorale des personnes âgées.
Église > Œuvres de bienfaisance > États-Unis.
Services sociaux > États-Unis.
Église et État > États-Unis.
Christianisme.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Church and state.
Church charities.
Human services.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Separation of church and state: impact on faith-based services
  • The role of religious congregations in the social service system
  • Faith-related agencies and their implications for aging services
  • Dialogue with Elizabeth Seale-Scott, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Baptist perspectives on faith-based initiatives and religious liberty
  • Managing older volunteers
  • Faith organizations and ethnically diverse elders: a community action model
  • The heritage of religion and spirituality in the field of gerontology: Don Clingan, Tom Cook, and the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging.

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