A Public Charity
Subtitle: Religion And Social Welfare In Indianapolis, 1929-2002 (Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780253344809
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Social welfare & social services; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Indiana; Government - State & Provincial; Government - U.S. Government; Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations); Philanthropy & Charity; Church charities; Indianapolis; Public welfare; Social service
Description: "Using Indianapolis as its focus, this book explores the relationship between religion and social welfare. Arising out of the Indianapolis Polis Center's Lilly-sponsored study of religion and urban culture, the book looks at three issues: the role of religious social services within Indianapolis's larger social welfare support system, both public and private; the evolution of the relationship between public and private welfare sectors; and how ideas about citizenship mediated the delivery of social services. Noting that religious nonprofits do not figure prominently in most studies of welfare, Mapes explores the historical roots of the relationship between religiously affiliated social welfare and public agencies."--BOOK JACKET.