Sacred Places, Civic Purposes Should

This collaboration of the Brookings Institution and the Pew Charitable Trusts explores the issue of " faith-based" social programs and organizations, their historical role in society, and the promise and potential dangers of church-state cooperation.

E. J. Dionne Jr. is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, syndicated columnist with the Washington Post, and co-chair of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Ming Hsu Chen, a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow at New York University Law School, served as a research assistant at the Brookings Institution

Foreword

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

When the Sacred Meets the Civic: An Introduction

1

(18)

E.J. Dionne Jr.

Ming Hsu Chen

PART ONE The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Framing the Debate: Faith-Based Approaches to Preventing Teen Pregnancy

19

(9)

Isabel Sawhill

Joseph's Promise: Extending God's Grace to Pregnant Teens

28

(11)

Debra W. Haffner

Conservative Triumph: Successes of Worship and Family in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

39

(22)

Patrick F. Fagan

FURTHER COMMENTS

Teen Pregnancy, Faith, and Social Science

50

(3)

William A. Galston

The Why's behind Reducing Teen Pregnancy

53

(2)

Mary Rose McGeady

Faith-Based Sexuality Education Breaks the Silence in Black Churches

55

(2)

Carlton W. Veazy

Religious Sins: Churches Dealing (Or Not Dealing) with Human Sexuality

57

(4)

John Buehrens

PART TWO The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Fighting Crime and Substance Abuse

Defining the Terms of Collaboration: Faith-Based Organizations and Government in Criminal Justice

61

(16)

George L. Kelling

Not by Faith Alone: Religion, Crime, and Substance Abuse

77

(34)

John J. DiIulio Jr.

FURTHER COMMENTS

Effectiveness over Ideology: Church-Based Partnerships in Crime Prevention

94

(2)

Eugene F. Rivers III

Maintaining Legitimacy: Church-Based Criticism as a Force for Change

96

(2)

Christopher Winship

The Enforcer: The Role of Churches in Maintaining Social Control

98

(4)

Joyce A. Ladner

Fighting Crime: Overcoming the Arguments of Church-State Separationists

102

(2)

Keith Pavlischek

Even Church-State Separationists Care about Serving the Poor

104

(7)

Julie A. Segal

PART THREE The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development

Community Development and Religious Institutions

111

(16)

Jeremy Nowak

Many Are Called, but Few Are Chosen: Faith-Based Organizations and Community Development

127

(34)

Avis C. Vidal

FURTHER COMMENTS

Faith-Based Community Partnerships: Toward Justice and Empowerment

140

(3)

Joseph R. Hacala

Comparative Advantages of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development

143

(3)

William T. Dickens

Eyes on the Prize

146

(2)

Jim Wallis

Redefining the Mission of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development

148

(2)

Pietro Nivola

Faith in Harlem: Community Development and the Black Church

150

(3)

Darren Walker

Housing Needs and Housing Resources: A Mismatch

153

(2)

Cushing Dolbeare

Faith as the Foundation for the New Community Corporation

155

(6)

William J. Linder

PART FOUR The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Education

Partnerships of Schools and Faith-Based Organizations

161

(15)

Mavis G. Sanders

Faith-Based Organizations and Public Education Reform

176

(15)

Dennis Shirley

Faith Communities and Public Education: The View from the Superintendent's Office

191

(22)

David Hornbeck

FURTHER COMMENTS

Mobilizing Communities to Improve Public Schools

202

(2)

Ernesto Cortes Jr.

Creating Partnerships of Schools and Faith-Based Organizations that Uphold the First Amendment

204

(3)

Charles C. Haynes

Balancing Principles and Implementation: Muslim Responses to Charitable Choice

207

(1)

Abdulwahab Alkebsi

What Public Schools Might Learn from the Catholic School Experience

208

(5)

Robert Muccigrosso

PART FIVE The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Child Care

The Child-Care Landscape

213

(3)

Joan Lombardi

A Survey of Congregation-Based Child Care in the United States

216

(19)

Mary M. Bogle

Promises and Perils: Faith-Based Involvement in After-School Programs

235

(17)

Fred Davie

Suzanne Le Menestrel

Richard Murphy

Sacred Places? Not Quite. Civic Purposes? Almost

252

(21)

Eileen W. Lindner

FURTHER COMMENTS

Ensuring Quality and Accountability in Faith-Based Child Care

261

(2)

Floyd Flake

Harnessing the Potential of Partnerships without Violating Cherished Values

263

(3)

Lisbeth B. Schorr

Church-Based Child Care in Rural Areas

266

(2)

Diana Jones Wilson

The Child-Care Trilemma and Faith-Based Care

268

(5)

Judith C. Appelbaum

PART SIX Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?

Compassion in Truth and Action: What Washington Can Not Do to Help

273

(14)

John J. DiIulio Jr.

Testing the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?

287

(10)

Mark Chaves

Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Religion

297

(8)

David Saperstein

In Good Faith: Government Funding of Faith-Based Social Services A Steatement Arising from Discussions Convened by the American Jewish Committee and the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University

305

(16)

The Breaking Points: When Consensus Becomes Conflict

321

(6)

Melissa Rogers

Holy Waters: Plunging into the Sea of Faith-Based Initiatives

327

(10)

Peter Steinfels

Contributors

337

(6)

Index

343

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