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What is the role of religion in creating the rules of society? What should religion's role be? Religion in industrialized countries often appears as a private, personal matter while issues of social justice are worked out in a secular public sphere. But increasingly both policymakers and religious leaders are becoming aware of the role religious values play at the local, national and international levels. Religion and Social Policy explores how religious concerns influence those who shape and those who are shaped by policies. It queries the social teachings of global denominations and local congregations, as well as the implicit religious stances taken by national governments and international NGOs. Broad issues such as religious tolerance, globalization, multiculturalism, gender roles and economic inequality are carefully grounded with practical examples. For students of religion, sociology, politics or public policy, Religion and Social Policy offers an excellent overview of how the sacred and the secular mix in both the theory and practice of creating a just society. Visit the editor's web page
Table of Contents
Part 2 I. Religious Freedom, Identity and Global Social Policy
Chapter 3 1. Globalization, Social Policy, and Christianity at the Dawn of a New Millenium: Some Reflections from a Latin American Emigrant Perspective
Chapter 4 2. Public Policy Toward Minority Religions in the United States: A Model for Europe and Other Countries?
Chapter 5 3. The Tension between an Established Church and Equal Opportunites in Religion: The Case of Prison Chaplaincy
Chapter 6 4. American Indian Religious Identity and Advanced Colonial Maligancy
Chapter 7 5. Tensions, Religious Freedom, and the Courts: The Seventh-day Adventist Experience
Part 8 II. Religion and Social Domestic Policies
Chapter 9 6. Immigrant Congregations as Social Service Providers: Are They Saftey Nets for Welfare Reform?
Chapter 10 7. Islam, Women's Organizations and Political Rights for Women
Chapter 11 8. Woman Abuse and Faith Communities: Religion, Violence and the Provision of Social Welfare
Chapter 12 9. Work and Its Discontents: Two Cases of Contemporary Religious Response to Unemployment
Chapter 13 10. Religious Judicatories and Social Policy Advocacy
Part 14 III. Further Local and Global Complexities
Chapter 15 11. Putting it Together in the African American Churches: Faith, Economic Development and Civil Rights
Chapter 16 12. Civic Challenge of Virtual Exchatology: Heaven's Gate and Millenial Fever in Cyberspace
Chapter 17 13. Religion, Race and Community Organizing: The Movimento Negro in the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil
Chapter 18 14. Religious Syncretism and a Post-Imperial Source of Healing in Korea
Chapter 19 15. The Future of Religious Pluralism and Social Policy: Reflections from Lambeth and Beyond
Product details
| Published | Oct 09 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9780759100893 |
| Imprint | AltaMira Press |
| Dimensions | 228 x 147 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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