The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies

by Charles L. Glenn

Book Overview

This is a time of far-reaching change and debate in American education and social policy, spurred in part by a rediscovery that civil-society institutions are often better than government at meeting human needs. As Charles Glenn shows in this book, faith-based schools and social agencies have been particularly effective, especially in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable. However, many oppose providing public funds for religious institutions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691048525
• ISBN13: 9780691048529
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"