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This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of
faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining
a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their
role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that
faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate
the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social
service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith
Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in
empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of
"faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus
secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program
formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based
organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty
alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume
demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding
the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The
contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development
that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting
faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the
importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses,
practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such
power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this
particular vehicle of service delivery.
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of
faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining
a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their
role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that
faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate
the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social
service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith
Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in
empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of
"faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus
secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program
formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based
organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty
alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume
demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding
the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The
contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development
that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting
faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the
importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses,
practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such
power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this
particular vehicle of service delivery.
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