Not by faith alone: social services, social justice, and faith-based organizations in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (09) ◽  
pp. 48-5166-48-5166
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Based Organizations

Muslim Social Services

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Aneesah Nadir
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Developmental Stage ◽  
Social Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Muslim Communities

Zakat or obligatory charity is a foundation of Muslim social services. Social services with Muslims date back more than 1,400 years to the time of the Prophet Muhammad. His biography reflects his involvement in the care of the poor, widows, and orphans and engagement in social justice for women and minorities. Muslim communities throughout the United States are providing social services for Muslims; however, an institutionalized network of professional social services sensitive to the needs of Muslims is in the developmental stage.

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.

Contexts/Settings: Faith-Based Settings

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram A. Cnaan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The United States ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Religious Persecution ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Religious System

Religions have traditionally called upon believers to be generous and assist others in need. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are a few examples of religions that stress this call. In the United States, the roots of the current religious system date back to the 17th century, when those who fled Europe to escape religious persecution established the first congregations. However, real faith-based social care developed only after independence and disestablishment. Today, faith-based social care is an essential part of the American welfare system, from the safety net provided by congregations to the sophisticated contracted services provided by the faith-based social services.

Faith-based Health and Social Services for People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States: A Scoping Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1698-1719
Author(s):  
Whitney Thurman ◽  
Leticia R. Moczygemba ◽  
Lauren Welton-Arndt ◽  
Elizabeth Kim ◽  
Anthony Hudzik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
The United States ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Faith Based

The Politics of US Latino Literature and American Realism

2019 ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
Ramón J. Guerra
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Mexican Revolution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
Spanish American War ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Latino Literature ◽  
The Common ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This chapter examines the development of Latino literature in the United States during the time when realism emerged as a dominant aesthetic representation. Beginning with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) and including the migrations resulting from the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Mexican Revolution (1910), Latinos in the United States began to realistically craft an identity served by a sense of displacement. Latinos living in the United States as a result of migration or exile were concerned with similar issues, including but not limited to their predominant status as working-class, loss of homeland and culture, social justice, and racial/ethnic profiling or discrimination. The literature produced during the latter part of the nineteenth century by some Latinos began to merge the influence of romantic style with a more socially conscious manner to reproduce the lives of ordinary men and women, draw out the specifics of their existence, characterize their dialects, and connect larger issues to the concerns of the common man, among other realist techniques.

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