5
1
![Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.9.4)
Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society
238
by Stephen V. Monsma The Henry Institute of Ca
Stephen V. Monsma The Henry Institute of Ca
![Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.9.4)
Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society
238
by Stephen V. Monsma The Henry Institute of Ca
Stephen V. Monsma The Henry Institute of Ca
Hardcover(New Edition)
$102.00
-
PICK UP IN STORECheck Availability at Nearby Stores
Available within 2 business hours
Related collections and offers
102.0
In Stock
Overview
Faith-based organizations play a major role in providing a host of health, educational, and social services to the public. Nearly all these efforts, however, have been accompanied by intense debate and numerous legal challenges. The right of faith-based organizations to hire based on religion, the presence of religious symbols and icons in rooms where government-subsidized services are provided, and the enforcement of gay civil rights to which some faith-based organizations object all continue to be subjects of intense debate and numerous court cases. In Pluralism and Freedom, Stephen V. Monsma explores the question of how much autonomy should faith-based organizations retain when they enter the public realm? He contends that pluralism and freedom demand their religious freedom be respected, but that freedom of all religious traditions and of the general public and secular groups be equally respected, ideals that neither the left nor the right live up to. In response, Monsma argues that democratic pluralism requires a genuine, authentic—but also a limited—autonomy for faith-based organizations providing public services, and offers practical, concrete public policy applications of this framework in practice.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781442214309 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 12/09/2011 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 238 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Stephen V. Monsma is a senior research fellow at the Henry Institute at Calvin College and professor of political science emeritus at Pepperdine University. He is the author of numerous works for faith-based organizations and church and state relations, including Faith, Hope, and Jobs and Putting Faith in Partnerships.
Table of Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: The Issue that Will Not Go AwayDiversity, Pluralism, and AutonomyTwo Sets of QuestionsA Conflict of Theoretical ConceptsThe Plan of the BookChapter 2: Faith-Based Organizations and the Network of Human ServicesFaith-Based Organizations in the Nonprofit and Voluntary SectorInternational Emergency Relief and Long-Term DevelopmentFaith-Based Organizations in International Relief and DevelopmentThe Added Value of Faith-Based and Other Nongovernmental Organizations.The Role of Faith in Faith-Based Organizations.Adoption and Foster Care ServicesFaith-Based Organizations in Adoption and Foster Care ServicesThe Added Value of Faith-Based Organizations.The Role of Faith in Faith-Based Organizations.The Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI)Faith-Based Organizations in the MPRI.The Added Value of Faith-Based OrganizationsThe Role of Faith in Faith-Based Organizations.ConclusionsChapter 3: The Seedbeds of Attitudes towards Faith-Based OrganizationsThe Liberal Enlightenment, the Founding Era, and the Young NationThe Eighteenth Century Enlightenment in Europe The Eighteenth Century Enlightenment and the American FoundersReligion in the Founding Era and the Young NationThe Legacy of the Founding Era and the Young NationThe Supreme Court, Church-State Relations, and Faith-Based OrganizationsThe Strict Separation, No-Aid-to-Religion StandardThe Equal Treatment, Neutrality StandardThe Accommodationist StandardThe Continuing Strength of the Strict Separation, No-Aid-to-Religion StandardThe Inadequacy of the Strict Separation, No-Aid-to-Religion StandardThe Supreme Court and Freedom of AssociationSummaryNondiscrimination Measures and Faith-Based OrganizationsThe 1960s Nondiscrimination Civil Rights LawsThe Legacy of Nondiscrimination LawsConclusionsChapter 4: The Partisan-Political Landscape TodayFaith-Based Organizations and the LeftThe Left’s Mindset towards Faith-Based Organizations in the Public RealmApplications of the Left’s Mindset towards Faith-Based Organizations in the Public RealmFaith-Based Organizations and the RightThe Right’s Mindset towards Faith-Based Organizations in the Public RealmApplications of the Right’s Mindset towards Faith-Based Organizations in the Public RealmChapter 5: Structural Pluralism in Christian Democratic ThoughtReligious Freedom in the Context of Church-State SeparationStructural Pluralism and Christian DemocracyOrigins in Nineteenth Century Events and Political CurrentsPersonalismThe Pluralism of Structural PluralismSubsidiarity in Roman Catholic Social Thought.Sphere Sovereignty in Dutch neo-Calvinist Thought.Common Ground between Catholics and Protestants:Contemporary Structural PluralismStructural Pluralism and the American Polity.Chapter 6: Faith-Based Organizations a Pluralistic Public Square: ApplicationsThree Basic PerspectivesA Respect for Religion and Its Role in the Public Policy WorldFaith-Based Organizations Possess Religious Freedom and Autonomy RightsSubstantive Religious Neutrality as the Key to Freedom of ReligionSpecific Issues: Government Funds and Religious Hiring RightsStructural Pluralism’s AnswerObjections to the Structural Pluralist PositionSpecific Issues: Religious Elements in Government Subsidized ServicesStructural Pluralism’s AnswerObjections to the Structural Pluralist PositionSpecific Issues: Nondiscrimination and Hiring and Membership StandardsStructural Pluralism’s AnswerObjections to the Structural Pluralist PositionSpecific Issues: Requiring Faith-Based Organizations to Provide Services They Find Religiously ObjectionableStructural Pluralism’s AnswerObjections to the Structural Pluralist PositionBibliographyWhat People are Saying About This
Stanley Carlson-Thies
Our society counts on flourishing faith-based service organizations. However, the religious freedom—the autonomy—they need in order to play their important roles is not so well understood. Stephen V. Monsma’s path-breaking book identifies key issues and controversies and recommends policies that will enable these vital groups to continue to make their uncommon contributions to our common good.
From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of