Book Review: Not by Faith Alone—Social Service, Social Justice and Faith-Based Organizations in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 976-978
Author(s):  
John T. Long
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Based Organizations

scholarly journals Taming Prophetic Religion? Faith-Based Activism and Welfare Provision

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95
Author(s):  
Richard Wood
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Us ◽  
Faith Based Institutions ◽  
Prophetic Religion

AbstractThis article examines the current debate in the United States (primarily) and Britain regarding government-funded social service provision via faith-based institutions. By highlighting the tension between the 'priestly' and 'prophetic' roles of public religion, it argues for the critical importance of protecting religion's prophetic role even as society moves toward more extensive public financing of priestly social service provision. The article first outlines contemporary prophetic religion in the United States, especially faith-based community organizing (also known as broad-based community organizing) efforts, emphasizing three facets of the field: its scale, its role in building social capital, the issues it has addressed. Secondly, the article argues that, despite the narrow partisan tenor of recent faith-based social service provision in the US, it may have redeeming features that new leaders will want to preserve. However, H. R. Niebuhr's (1951) analysis of the relationship between religion and culture is invoked to characterize four key tensions between priestly and prophetic religion that may be exacerbated by governmental funding. The conclusion outlines several approaches through which practitioners, policymakers, the press, and scholars can help society maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of such funding.

La Fe en Acción: Faith-Based Activism, Immigration Reform, and Structural Vulnerability

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
Ryan I. Logan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Structural Vulnerability ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Activist Movements ◽  
Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Abstract Religious conviction has played a prominent role in many activist movements throughout the United States. In this article, I detail one social justice organization’s enactment of activism called la fe en acción (faith in action). This approach was nuanced from being simply “activism” but one that, according to participants, was more strategic and longer lasting. La fe en acción served as the central strategy utilized by this organization in order to garner public and political support for comprehensive immigration reform. A crucial component within this approach included the sharing of testimonios (testimonials) of participants. While this form of activism was intended to garner the participation of all people—including undocumented immigrants—for some, structural vulnerability hindered their ability to participate. Overall, I explore the positive and negative aspects of this approach as elaborated from data gathered during attempts to garner support for comprehensive immigration reform in 2013.

scholarly journals Religion, Gender, and Social Welfare: Considerations Regarding Inclusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Susan Crawford Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Discrimination ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Discrimination In Employment ◽  
Faith Based Organizations

There is increased interest in faith-based social service provision in recent years, both in the United States and across Europe. While faith-based organizations provide welcome and needed services, there are several potential problems of social inclusion which involve gender, including decreased availability of social services when faith-based organizations are expected to compensate for cuts in government spending, potential for religious discrimination in employment, and potential for religious discrimination against recipients.

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