God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America /
Owens, Michael Leo.
God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America / Michael Leo Owens. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations, map - - Morality and society series . - Morality and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index.
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.
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.
9780226642086 0226642089
African American churches.
Church and state--United States.
Faith-based human services--United States.
Community development, Urban--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
African American churches.
Church and state.
Community development, Urban.
Faith-based human services.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BR563.B53 / O96 2007eb
322/.108996073
God and government in the ghetto : the politics of church-state collaboration in Black America / Michael Leo Owens. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations, map - - Morality and society series . - Morality and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index.
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.
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.
9780226642086 0226642089
African American churches.
Church and state--United States.
Faith-based human services--United States.
Community development, Urban--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
African American churches.
Church and state.
Community development, Urban.
Faith-based human services.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BR563.B53 / O96 2007eb
322/.108996073