Religion and Faith-Based Welfare: From Wellbeing to Ways of Being

ISBN-13: 9781847423900 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Rana Jawad

Opis

This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution to social policy debates.Rana Jawad examines the workings of religious welfare organizations from the world s major faiths, offeringa critical overview of the role religious values, actors, and institutions have on social programs. Combining historical discussions of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America, she brings a host of perspectives together, arguing for an analytical shift in the definition of well-being through a concept she calls ways of being, which, she argues, better reflects the moral, ideological, and cultural underpinnings of social welfare.

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Spis treści

Contents: Part one: Religious welfare in historical and theoretical context: Introduction: religion and wellbeing in the UK from historical context to contemporary social policy; Theorising religious welfare; Key concepts in religious welfare practice; Part two: Religious welfare practice: Education; Health support services; Housing and community regeneration; Social care; Social work; Cultural and recreational activities; Financial support and poverty-reduction; Conclusion: implications for social policy in the UK.