Faith-Based Organizations And Social Welfare: Associational Life And Religion In Contemporary Western Europe (Palgrave Studies In Religion, Politics, And Policy)

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 with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with declining numbers of adherents, might contribute to the deepening of democracy. Throughout, the volume invites social scientists to consider the on-going role of faith-based organizations in Western European civil society, and investigates whether the concept of muted vibrancy aids our theoretical understanding.

• | Author: Paul Christopher Manuel, Miguel Glatzer
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 05, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 258 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 3030084221
• | ISBN-13: 9783030084226