Charitable choices : religion, race, and poverty in the post welfare era / John P. Bartkowski and Helen A. Regis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bartkowski, John P., 1966-
Other Authors: Regis, Helen A., 1965-
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:
Church charities > Mississippi.
Public welfare > Mississippi.
Public welfare > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church and social problems > Mississippi.
Church work with the poor > Mississippi.
Physical Description:ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The welfare revolution and charitable choice
  • Social welfare and faith based benevolence in historical perspective
  • Faith based poverty relief : congregational strategies
  • A tale of two churches : United Methodists in black and white
  • Debating devolution: Pentecostal and Southern Baptist perspectives
  • Invisible minorities : transnational migrants in Mississippi
  • Street level benevolence at the march for Jesus
  • Charitable choice : promise and peril in the post welfare era.