Religion and faith-based welfare

From wellbeing to ways of being

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19972364
AutoresRana Jawad (0000-0002-0747-1492, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Páginas268
Fecha de publicación2012-09-26
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaReligion and Faith-Based Welfare (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/policypress/9781847423900.001.0001
OpenAlexW4240783896
Open LibraryOL28481121M
ISBN9781847423900
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically-sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state and non-state social welfare provision in Britain, combining historical discussion of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America. Grounded in new empirical research on religious welfare organisations from the nine major faiths in the UK, the book brings together all of these perspectives to argue for an analytical shift in the definition of wellbeing through a new concept called ‘ways of being’. This reflects the moral, ideational and cultural underpinnings of social welfare. Written in a readable style, the book will appeal to students and tutors of social policy, as well as policy-makers seeking to inform themselves about the key issues surrounding faith-based welfare in modern Britain.

Faith · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Welfare · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Diakoni · Faith-based human services · Frivillig hjälpverksamhet · Public welfare · Religion och samhälle · Religiösa aspekter · Social service · Socialt arbete · Society · Välfärd