001480319 000__ 05773nam\a22008175i\4500 001480319 001__ 1480319 001480319 003__ DE-B1597 001480319 005__ 20231026035136.0 001480319 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480319 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480319 008__ 230918t20022002nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480319 020__ $$a9780814790205 001480319 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814790205.001.0001$$2doi 001480319 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547326 001480319 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480319 0410_ $$aeng 001480319 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480319 050_4 $$aHV530$$b.C617 2002 001480319 072_7 $$aREL084000$$2bisacsh 001480319 08204 $$a361.7/5/0973$$221 001480319 1001_ $$aCnaan, Ram, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480319 24514 $$aThe Invisible Caring Hand :$$bAmerican Congregations and the Provision of Welfare /$$cRam Cnaan. 001480319 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2002] 001480319 264_4 $$c©2002 001480319 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480319 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480319 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480319 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480319 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480319 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tForeword -- $$tPreface -- $$tI. An Overview of Congregations -- $$t1 Congregations in Society -- $$t2 The Historical Development of American Congregations -- $$tII Congregations Involvement: Empirical Findings -- $$t3 The Congregations in Our Study -- $$t4 Congregational Involvement I: Areas of Involvement -- $$t5 Congregational Involvement II: Characteristics of Service and Financial Value -- $$t6 Which Congregations Tend to Get Involved -- $$t7 Comparing Neighbors: Canada and the U.S.A. -- $$tIII Congregations for Society: Additional Studies -- $$t8 Small-Town Congregations: The Case of Council Grove, Kansas -- $$t9 Mediating Structures: The Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches -- $$t10 Social Ministry in the Community: The Case of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church and Urban Bridges -- $$tIV Concluding Remarks -- $$t11 Volunteerism and Organized Religion -- $$t12 Why and How Congregations Get Involved in Service Delivery -- $$t13 The Congregational Norm of Community Involvement -- $$t14 The Broader Perspective: Congregations for Society and Beyond -- $$tAppendix: Methodological Notes -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480319 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480319 520__ $$aPopular calls to transform our current welfare system and supplant it with effective and inexpensive faith-based providers are gaining political support and engendering heated debate about the separation of church and state. Yet we lack concrete information from which to anticipate how such initiatives might actually work if adopted. Despite the assumption that congregations can help many needy people in our society, it remains to be seen how extensive they wish their involvement to be, or if they have the necessary tools to become significant providers in the social service arena. Moreover, how will such practices, which will move faith-based organizations towards professionalization, ultimately affect the spirit of volunteerism now prevalent in America's religious institutions? We lack sufficient knowledge about congregational life and its ability to play a key role in social service provision. The Invisible Caring Hand attempts to fill that void. Based on in-depth interviews with clergy and lay leaders in 251 congregations nationwide, it reveals the many ways in which congregations are already working, beneath the radar, to care for people in need. This ground-breaking volume will provide much-sought empirical data to social scientists, religious studies scholars, and those involved in the debates over the role of faith-based organizations in faith-based services, as well as to clergy and congregation members themselves. 001480319 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480319 546__ $$aIn English. 001480319 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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