Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare - Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Eastern Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism, and with varied numbers of adherents, might contribute to welfare services in a new political regime with freedom of religion. Put another way, what new pressures would be placed on the secular welfare state if religious organizations (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, others) simply stopped offering their services? By examining public perceptions of the church, changing dynamics of religiosity, and church-state-civil society relations, the volume places these issues in context.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Miguel Glatzer • Paul Christopher Manuel
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-044706-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	3-03-044706-5
Barcode:	9783030447069

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