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Many scholars and citizens alike have counted on civic groups to create broad ties that bind society. Some hope that faith-based civic groups will spread their reach as government retreats. Yet few studies ask how, if at all, civic groups reach out to their wider community. Can religious groups--long central in civic America--create broad, empowering social ties in an unequal, diverse society? Over three years, Paul Lichterman studied nine liberal and conservative Protestant-based volunteering and advocacy projects in a mid-sized American city. He listened as these groups tried to create bridges with other community groups, social service agencies, and low-income people, just as the 1996 welfare reforms were taking effect. Counter to long-standing arguments, Lichterman discovered that powerful customs of interaction inside the groups often stunted external ties and even shaped religion's impact on the groups. Comparing groups, he found that successful bridges outward depend on group customs which invite reflective, critical discussion about a group's place amid surrounding groups and institutions. Combining insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with contemporary sociology, Elusive Togetherness addresses enduring questions about civic and religious life that elude the popular "social capital" concept. To create broad civic relationships, groups need more than the right religious values, political beliefs, or resources. They must learn new ways of being groups.

Small groups --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Voluntarism --- Social action --- Religion and social problems --- Social problems and religion --- Social problems --- Religious aspects. --- Religious aspects

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Conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has been ongoing since the creation of the state of Israel, a conflict revolving around land-ownership, water politics, human rights, and religious rights. Shalom/Salaam/Peace examines the realities of life in contemporary Israel/Palestine, with its politics, wars, security wall, settlements and ongoing struggles. Having established the historical, scriptural and theological context behind the present situation, the book presents key figures who have promoted peace and justice and explores liberation theology as a way of bringing peace in Israel/Palestine. Combining the history of liberation theology with its lived reality in Israel/Palestine today, Shalom/Salaam/Peace is an illuminating resource for students and scholars of politics and religion.

Arab-Israeli conflict --- Religion and social problems --- Liberation theology --- Theology of liberation --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Kairos documents --- Philosophy of liberation --- Social action --- Social problems and religion --- Social problems --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Islam.

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Explore the relationship between faith-based programs, religion, and offender rehabilitation! This book reports on current research from several disciplines to help the reader understand the nature and impact of the relationship between faith-based programs, religion, and offender rehabilitation. Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders is a unique resource?there has been very little research published on this important topic. President Bush's faith-based initiative recognized that religion plays a role in the justice system and corrections that i

Criminals --- Religion and social problems. --- Religious work with prisoners. --- Prisoners --- Social action --- Social problems and religion --- Social problems --- Reform of criminals --- Rehabilitation of criminals --- Corrections --- Alternatives to imprisonment --- Rehabilitation. --- Religious aspects --- Rehabilitation

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The current refugee crisis sweeping Europe, and much of the world, closely intersects with largely neglected questions of religion. Moving beyond discussions of religious differences, what can we learn about the interaction between religion and migration? Do faith-based organisations play a role within the refugee regime? How do religious traditions and perspectives challenge and inform current practices and policies towards refugees? This volume gathers together expertise from academics and practitioners in order to investigate these interconnections. It shows that reconsidering our understanding and approaches to both could generate creative alternative responses to the growing global migration crisis. Beginning with a discussion of the secular/religious divide - and how it shapes dominant policy practices and counter approaches to displacement and migration - the book then goes on to explore and deconstruct the dominant discourse of the Muslim refugee as a threat to the secular/Christian West. The discussion continues with an exploration of Christian and Islamic traditions of hospitality, showing how they challenge current practices of securitization of migration, and concludes with an investigation of the largely unexplored relation between gender, religion and migration. Bringing together leading and emerging voices from across academia and practice, in the fields of International Relations, migration studies, philosophy, religious studies and gender studies, this volume offers a unique take on one of the most pressing global problems of our time.

Refugees --- Religion and social problems --- 241.65*3 --- Social action --- Social problems and religion --- Social problems --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- 241.65*3 Theologische ethiek: internationale rechtvaardigheid --- Theologische ethiek: internationale rechtvaardigheid --- Government policy --- Religious aspects --- Réfugiés --- Religion et problèmes sociaux --- Politique gouvernementale

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Social service --- Social security --- Religion and social problems --- Religion --- Social networks --- Religious aspects --- Economic aspects --- 369 --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Religion and economics --- Social action --- Social problems and religion --- Social problems --- Sociale verzekering --- Social service - Religious aspects --- Social security - Religious aspects --- Religion - Economic aspects