Religion and Social Policy

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction: Religion and Social Policy: Fresh Concepts Part 2 I. Religious Freedom, Identity and Global Social Policy Chapter 3 1. Globalization, Social Policy, and Christianity at the Dawn of a New Millenium: Some Reflections from a Latin American Emigrant Perspective Chapter 4 2. Public Policy Toward Minority Religions in the United States: A Model for Europe and Other Countries? Chapter 5 3. The Tension between an Established Church and Equal Opportunites in Religion: The Case of Prison Chaplaincy Chapter 6 4. American Indian Religious Identity and Advanced Colonial Maligancy Chapter 7 5. Tensions, Religious Freedom, and the Courts: The Seventh-day Adventist Experience Part 8 II. Religion and Social Domestic Policies Chapter 9 6. Immigrant Congregations as Social Service Providers: Are They Saftey Nets for Welfare Reform? Chapter 10 7. Islam, Women's Organizations and Political Rights for Women Chapter 11 8. Woman Abuse and Faith Communities: Religion, Violence and the Provision of Social Welfare Chapter 12 9. Work and Its Discontents: Two Cases of Contemporary Religious Response to Unemployment Chapter 13 10. Religious Judicatories and Social Policy Advocacy Part 14 III. Further Local and Global Complexities Chapter 15 11. Putting it Together in the African American Churches: Faith, Economic Development and Civil Rights Chapter 16 12. Civic Challenge of Virtual Exchatology: Heaven's Gate and Millenial Fever in Cyberspace Chapter 17 13. Religion, Race and Community Organizing: The Movimento Negro in the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil Chapter 18 14. Religious Syncretism and a Post-Imperial Source of Healing in Korea Chapter 19 15. The Future of Religious Pluralism and Social Policy: Reflections from Lambeth and Beyond