Serving the public or delivering public services? Religion and social welfare in the new British social policy landscape

Religion appears as a dormant actor in British social policy, yet since the early 1990s its role in public service provision has become more prominent. What can a religious perspective bring to our understanding of human wellbeing – especially as the idea of the Big Society opens up new normative landscapes? In response, this article outlines some policy and practice issues, namely that religious welfare provision: is key to a more historically accurate account of British social policy; challenges utilitarian notions of wellbeing; is a potentially good example of the Big Society; and is able to reconcile its secular public service provision role with its religious identity and mission to serve the public

Environmental ethics · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Public policy · Public relations · Public service · Social policy · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Law · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

• Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Policy and Religion

  Open Access•Peter Saunders, M Sakai•Australian Journal of Social Issues•2012

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• Between Christianity and secularity

  Open Access•Liz Bondi•Social & Cultural Geography•2013

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