The Resource God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America, Michael Leo Owens
God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America, Michael Leo Owens
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- Summary
- In recent years, as government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This collaboration, activist churches explain, is a way of enacting their faith and helping their neighborhoods. But as Michael Leo Owens demonstrates in God and Government in the Ghetto, this alliance also serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership and reposition moral authority in black civil society. Drawing on both survey data and fieldwork in Ne
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages)
- Contents
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- The extent and support of African American churches' collaboration with government
- The volition to collaborate with government
- Public policy and Black neighborhood decline
- Faith in action for neighborhood redemption
- Partnering with Caesar
- Acquiring resources for neighborhood resurrection
- Complementing collaboration
- Isbn
- 9780226642086
- Label
- God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America
- Title
- God and government in the ghetto
- Title remainder
- the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Leo Owens
- Subject
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- African American churches
- African American churches
- Church and state
- Church and state -- United States
- Community development, Urban
- Community development, Urban -- United States
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Faith-based human services
- Faith-based human services -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Political Advocacy
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In recent years, as government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This collaboration, activist churches explain, is a way of enacting their faith and helping their neighborhoods. But as Michael Leo Owens demonstrates in God and Government in the Ghetto, this alliance also serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership and reposition moral authority in black civil society. Drawing on both survey data and fieldwork in Ne
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Owens, Michael Leo
- Dewey number
- 322/.108996073
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BR563.N4
- LC item number
- O96 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Morality and society series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American churches
- Church and state
- Faith-based human services
- Community development, Urban
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- African American churches
- Church and state
- Community development, Urban
- Faith-based human services
- United States
- Label
- God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America, Michael Leo Owens
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The extent and support of African American churches' collaboration with government -- The volition to collaborate with government -- Public policy and Black neighborhood decline -- Faith in action for neighborhood redemption -- Partnering with Caesar -- Acquiring resources for neighborhood resurrection -- Complementing collaboration
- Control code
- 309850298
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226642086
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309850298
- Label
- God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America, Michael Leo Owens
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The extent and support of African American churches' collaboration with government -- The volition to collaborate with government -- Public policy and Black neighborhood decline -- Faith in action for neighborhood redemption -- Partnering with Caesar -- Acquiring resources for neighborhood resurrection -- Complementing collaboration
- Control code
- 309850298
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226642086
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309850298
Subject
- African American churches
- African American churches
- Church and state
- Church and state -- United States
- Community development, Urban
- Community development, Urban -- United States
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Faith-based human services
- Faith-based human services -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Political Advocacy
- United States
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