Overview

"During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W. Bush made faith-based social services one of the centerpieces of his domestic agenda. These ""faith-based initiatives,"" supporters argued, would reduce poverty, ease the strain on an overburdened welfare system, and prove more effective than government programs. Opponents feared rampant proselytizing with government funds. Instead, these practices created a system in which neither the greatest hopes of its supporters, nor the greatest fears of its opponents, have been realized. The product of five years of in-depth research, Rebecca Sager's Faith, Politics, and Power offers a systematic examination of where and how these programs were implemented, arguing that faith-based initiatives strayed from supporters' original aim of helping the poor, and instead were used as tools to gain political power by the Republican Party and the conservative evangelical movement."

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Author:   Rebecca Sager (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.377kg
ISBN:  

9780199920266

ISBN 10:   0199920265
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Faith-Based Initiatives Chapter 2 The Historical Role of Religion in Government Social Services and the Development of the Faith-Based Initiatives Chapter 3 Faith-Based Liaisons: Finding Faith in the Faith-Based Initiatives Chapter 4 Making the Initiatives the Law of the Land Chapter 5 Calling All the Faithful: Faith-Based Conferences and Liaison Choices as Symbolic Politics Chapter 6 Here, There, but Not Quite Everywhere: Why are there Faith-Based Initiatives? Chapter 7 Religion, Policy, and Politics: Institutionalizing Religion within State Government Chapter 8 Conclusion: What is Success?

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<br> While this book is an academic treatment of faith-based initiatives, it is also accessible to non-academic readers and it will appeal to those interested in faith-based initiatives specifically or in social movements and symbolic policy development more generally. It would be a useful text for an undergraduate social movement class or as a case study in a graduate course on religious social movements and their interaction with the state. --Sociology of Religion<br><p><br> This is an impressive book. . . . Sager's study holds timely lessons for policymakers. . . . [A] substantial contribution to our understanding of faith-based initiatives and contemporary church-state relations in the United States. --Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion<br><p><br>

<br> While this book is an academic treatment of faith-based initiatives, it is also accessible to non-academic readers and it will appeal to those interested in faith-based initiatives specifically or in social movements and symbolic policy development more generally. It would be a useful text for an undergraduate social movement class or as a case study in a graduate course on religious social movements and their interaction with the state. --Sociology of Religion<p><br> This is an impressive book...Sager's study holds timely lessons for policymakers...[A] substantial contribution to our understanding of faith-based initiatives and contemporary church-state relations in the United States. --Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion<p><br>

While this book is an academic treatment of faith-based initiatives, it is also accessible to non-academic readers and it will appeal to those interested in faith-based initiatives specifically or in social movements and symbolic policy development more generally. It would be a useful text for an undergraduate social movement class or as a case study in a graduate course on religious social movements and their interaction with the state. --Sociology of Religion This is an impressive book...Sager's study holds timely lessons for policymakers...[A] substantial contribution to our understanding of faith-based initiatives and contemporary church-state relations in the United States. --Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Rebecca Sager is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University.

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