Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Western Europe /

This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states wi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Manuel, Paul Christopher (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Glatzer, Miguel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Use Words Only if Necessary": the Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary Europe
  • 2. The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social Policy
  • 3. Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in the Italy before and after the Great Recession: Towards a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services?
  • 4. Muted Vibrancy and the Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholic Third Sector, Economic Crisis, and Territorial Welfare in Spain
  • 5. The State, Religious Institutions, and Welfare Delivery: The Case of Portugal
  • 6. Church-State Relations in Today's Crisis-Beset Greece: A Delicate Balance within a Frantic Society.-7. Combining Secular Public Space and Growing Diversity? Interactions between Religious Organizations as Welfare Providers and the Public in Sweden
  • 8. Social Capital and Religion in the United Kingdom
  • 9. Faith-based Organizations under Double-Pressure: The Impact of Market-Liberalization and Secularization on Caritas and Diakonie in Germany. .