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Authors: Paula D. Nesbitt
ISBN-13: 9780759100893, ISBN-10: 0759100896
Format: Paperback
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Date Published: October 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Paula D. Nesbitt

Book Synopsis

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. 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.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Religion and Social Policy: Fresh Concepts and Historical Patterns
1	Globalization, Social Policy, and Christianity at the Dawn of a New Millennium: Some Reflections from a Latin American Emigrant Perspective	3
2	Public Policy toward Minority Religions in the United States: A Model for Europe and Other Countries?	15
3	The Tension between an Established Church and Equal Opportunities in Religion: The Case of Prison Chaplaincy	39
4	American Indian Religious Identity and Advanced Colonial Malignancy	54
5	Tensions, Religious Freedom, and the Courts: The Seventh-day Adventist Experience	73
6	Immigrant Congregations as Social Service Providers: Are They Safety Nets for Welfare Reform?	95
7	Islam, Women's Organizations, and Political Rights for Women	111
8	Woman Abuse and Faith Communities: Religion, Violence, and the Provision of Social Welfare	128
9	Work and Its Discontents: Two Cases of Contemporary Religious Response to Unemployment	146
10	Regional Judicatories and Social Policy Advocacy	164
11	Putting It Together in the African American Churches: Faith, Economic Development, and Civil Rights	181
12	The Civic Challenge of Virtual Eschatology: Heaven's Gate and Millennial Fever in Cyberspace	196
13	Religion, Race, and Community Organizing: The Movimento Negro in the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil	210
14	Religious Syncretism and a Postimperial Source of Healing in Korea	226
15	The Future of Religious Pluralism and Social Policy: Reflections from Lambeth and Beyond	244
	Index	263
	About the Contributors	275