Saving Souls, Serving Society: Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry

by Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider

Book Overview

Recent years have seen unprecedented attention to faith-based institutions as agents of social change, spurred in part by cuts in public funding for social services and accompanied by controversy about the separation of church and state. The debate over faith-based initiatives has highlighted a small but growing segment of churches committed to both saving souls and serving society. What distinguishes faith-based from secular activism? How do religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161556
• ISBN13: 9780195161557
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.5"