Faith-Based Social Services

Abstract

* Section I: Conceptual Analysis * Introduction (Ram A. Cnaan and Stephanie C. Boddie) * Chapter 1. Setting the Context: Assessing the Effectiveness of Faith-Based Social Services (Ram A. Cnaan and Stephanie C. Boddie) * Chapter 2. Finding Congregations: Developing Conceptual Clarity in the Study of Faith-Based Social Services (Charlene C. McGrew and Ram A. Cnaan) * Chapter 3. Detecting and Decomposing the Faith Factor in Social-Service Provision and Absorption (George M. von Furstenberg) * Chapter 4. Faith-Based Programs and the Role of Empirical Research (Bruce A. Thyer) * Chapter 5. Social Service Research and Religion: Thoughts About How to Measure Intervention-Based Impact (David A. Zanis and Ram A. Cnaan) * Chapter 6. Testing Faith: Improving the Evidence Base on Faith-Based Human Services (Robert L. Fischer and Judson D. Stelter) * Section II: Emerging Empirical Findings * Introduction (Stephanie C. Boddie and Ram A. Cnaan) * Chapter 7. How Do They Fit? Assessing the Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Social Service Provision (Elizabeth A. Graddy) * Chapter 8. Investigating the Implementation of Charitable Choice (Wolfgang Bielefeld) * Chapter 9. The Effectiveness of Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs: A Story of Specialization (Stephen V. Monsma) * Chapter 10. A Faith-Based Alternative Youth Education Program: Evaluating a Participatory Research Approach (Jill Witmer Sinha) * Chapter 11. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Faith-Based Welfare Agencies: Methodological Challenges and Possibilities (Susan E. Grettenberger, John P. Bartkowski, and Steven R. Smith) * Chapter 12. Assessing the Effectiveness of Faith-Based Programs: A Local Network Perspective (David Campbell and Eric Glunt) * Chapter 13. Belief Systems in Faith-Based Human Service Program (F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O'Connor, and Gaynor Yancey) * Concluding Remarks: Common Findings and Challenges (Stephanie C. Boddie and Ram A. Cnaan) * Index * Reference Notes Included