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Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities / edited by Justin Beaumont and Paul Cloke.

Contributor(s): Beaumont, Justin | Cloke, Paul J.
Material type: TextTextSeries: JSTOR eBooks.Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (305 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781847428356; 1847428355; 1283869977; 9781283869973.Subject(s): Faith-based human services -- Europe | Religious institutions -- Europe | Marginality, Social -- Europe | Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects | Sociology, Urban -- EuropeAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities.DDC classification: 306.6094 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction to the study of faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities; Introduction; The FACIT project; What are faith-based organisations?; Why context matters; Topicality of the volume; The contributions; Part I: Defining relations of faith-based organisations; 2. State-religion relations and welfare regimes in Europe; Introduction; Secularism, the public sphere and the postsecular; Neoliberalism, welfare and the political; Welfare regimes; Conclusion.
3. Spaces of postsecular engagement in citiesIntroduction; What is postsecularism?; Postsecular cities; Spaces of postsecular engagement on the ground; Empirical moment 1: London Citizens, UK; Postsecularism and the postpolitical; Postsecular ethics; Empirical moment 2: Exodus Amsterdam; Empirical moment 3: Christian Aid and Resources Foundation; Conclusion; 4. Faith-based organisations, urban governance and welfare state retrenchment; Introduction; Faith-based organisations in relation to government and governance; Beyond pillarisation: the case of the Netherlands.
Retrenchment in a welfare state under construction: the case of SpainContinuity and innovation: the case of Sweden; Conclusion; 5. Radical faith praxis? Exploring the changing theological landscape of Christian faith motivation; Introduction; The evangelicals: emerging agendas for social action; Radical orthodoxy and the theology of participation; Poststructural religion: recovering the messages of agape and caritas; Conclusion; 6. Ethical citizenship? Faith-based volunteers and the ethics of providing services for homeless people1; Introduction: organisations, volunteers and ethics.
Volunteering in contextEthics and volunteer motivation; Motivation and identification in volunteering; Discursive constructions of ethical citizenship; Performing care; Conclusion; Part II: Sectoral studies; 7. Changing policies: how faith-based organisations participate in poverty policies; Introduction; Faith-based organisations; Relations between FBOs and others; Belgian and Swedish cases; Conclusion; 8. Moralising the poor? Faith-based organisations, the Big Society and contemporary workfare policy; Introduction; Governmentality, subversion and theo-ethical performance.
Ethics of workfare in the Big SocietyThe case of Pathways Ltd; Neoliberalism and faith-based engagement in progressive politics; Conclusion; 9. A shelter from the storm: faith-based organisations and providing relief for the homeless; Introduction1; The end of homelessness as we knew it; The homeless within the European framework of multiple welfare systems; Faith-based organisations and homeless service provision; Local division of labour and shifts in governance; The issue of accessibility; How faith-based organisations try to be accessible; Conclusion.
10. Turkish Islamic organisations: a comparative study in Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey.
Summary: This timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction to the study of faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities; Introduction; The FACIT project; What are faith-based organisations?; Why context matters; Topicality of the volume; The contributions; Part I: Defining relations of faith-based organisations; 2. State-religion relations and welfare regimes in Europe; Introduction; Secularism, the public sphere and the postsecular; Neoliberalism, welfare and the political; Welfare regimes; Conclusion.

3. Spaces of postsecular engagement in citiesIntroduction; What is postsecularism?; Postsecular cities; Spaces of postsecular engagement on the ground; Empirical moment 1: London Citizens, UK; Postsecularism and the postpolitical; Postsecular ethics; Empirical moment 2: Exodus Amsterdam; Empirical moment 3: Christian Aid and Resources Foundation; Conclusion; 4. Faith-based organisations, urban governance and welfare state retrenchment; Introduction; Faith-based organisations in relation to government and governance; Beyond pillarisation: the case of the Netherlands.

Retrenchment in a welfare state under construction: the case of SpainContinuity and innovation: the case of Sweden; Conclusion; 5. Radical faith praxis? Exploring the changing theological landscape of Christian faith motivation; Introduction; The evangelicals: emerging agendas for social action; Radical orthodoxy and the theology of participation; Poststructural religion: recovering the messages of agape and caritas; Conclusion; 6. Ethical citizenship? Faith-based volunteers and the ethics of providing services for homeless people1; Introduction: organisations, volunteers and ethics.

Volunteering in contextEthics and volunteer motivation; Motivation and identification in volunteering; Discursive constructions of ethical citizenship; Performing care; Conclusion; Part II: Sectoral studies; 7. Changing policies: how faith-based organisations participate in poverty policies; Introduction; Faith-based organisations; Relations between FBOs and others; Belgian and Swedish cases; Conclusion; 8. Moralising the poor? Faith-based organisations, the Big Society and contemporary workfare policy; Introduction; Governmentality, subversion and theo-ethical performance.

Ethics of workfare in the Big SocietyThe case of Pathways Ltd; Neoliberalism and faith-based engagement in progressive politics; Conclusion; 9. A shelter from the storm: faith-based organisations and providing relief for the homeless; Introduction1; The end of homelessness as we knew it; The homeless within the European framework of multiple welfare systems; Faith-based organisations and homeless service provision; Local division of labour and shifts in governance; The issue of accessibility; How faith-based organisations try to be accessible; Conclusion.

10. Turkish Islamic organisations: a comparative study in Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey.

This timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context.

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