can anybody help me with an essay on faith-based institutions running social programs in the US?
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If I understand your question, Catholic Community Services runs social programs (in fact even has a foster parenting program set up with certain States).  They hire non Catholic and Catholic people to run their programs, so is it faith based?  I thik it is, but they may beg to differ.  Lutheran Community Services in another.  Writing an essay on all of them may be too difficult.  Can you chose one or two?  You may find the link I am going to send you intersting, it is someone elses essay.  \n\nhttp://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rbell/FaithBased.html
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Absolutely not! Government funds are not to be allocated to religious organizations. The founding fathers of the United States of America would be turning in their grave. When religous groups want to start taking advantage of federal fund and programs, then those same groups can start paying taxes.
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yes because it allows "faith-based" initiatives to get public funding from the taxpayers money, many of whom ( taxpayers)are not religious and do not want their money spent on churchs or their favorite programs
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I run the programs for my church (St. Mary Catholic Church), and we use "Faith First" by the RCL company. www.faithfirst.com ... or is it a ".org." Either way, the texts are good, and they incorporate family participation, which is what we really needed.\n\nThat's an elementary school program, but I know the company has high school elements, as well.\n\nIn addition, churches get advertisement for programs ALL THE TIME! I get at least a dozen flyers for different programs each week.
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Go to www.religioustolerance.org  they should have what you want.
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I find religion goes well with Linquine Alfredo and a light Chianti. Capitalism and religion is an unholy alliance. Churches like the Catholic and Mormon Church are more profitable than many large corporations or even nations. Money is a necessary evil for churches.  The Mormon Church used to advise its members to abstain from Pepsi and other drinks that contained caffeine, until they bought large amounts of Pepsi stock.  Money in religion is the tail wagging the dog. As tax free entities they have a huge advantage. No one is forced to put money in the collection plate, but it is hard not to feel obligated when everyone around you does. This doesn't bother me. They have to pay the bills. What does bother me is the thought of TV evangelists flying around in Lear jets to talk little old ladies into putting them into their will. Still there is the good side. I took a load of used goods to a Salvation Army donation site and the man told me there were fifty men working in the warehouse trying to turn their lives around. The money was being used to change lives and not make the man at the top rich. But money does corrupt and leads to abuse, even among the faithful.
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my notes from last semester.\n\nno seriously, research "christian democratic welfare state" (spain) and then "liberal welfare state" (sweden/scandinavian countries).\ngood luck!
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go to:\ncatholiccharities.org\n\nalso try the Christian Foundation for Children & the aging.\n\nGod bless you in your journey!
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Given the results of the midterm elections, and given the fact that large groups of American evangelical Christians seem to have changed voting patterns and abandoned Republican candidates, I'd nominate David Kuo's book, _Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction_.\n\nIt was on the NY Times Bestseller list the month before the elections, and even folks who don't read much heard about this book, since it got mass media coverage.
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I would suggest that you look into the study of religion, which is sometimes called "Religious Studies," or "Comparative Religion," or "History of Religions."   Hundreds of colleges and universities in the US have these majors.\n\nReligiously affiliated colleges and universities will have majors in Theology, which is the study of Christianity in particular, however, these institutions will teach Christian history and doctrine from their own particular perspectives (Catholic, or Lutheran, or Seventh-Day Adventist, or whatever).\n\nUnless you wish to remain within a particular Christian denominational perspective during your study, I strongly suggest that you attend a non-religiously affiliated college or university (public or private does not matter) where you must study religion from a non-denominational perspective.   At non-religiously affiliated institutions, you will also have many opportunities (and sometimes even requirements) to study religions other than Christianity.   I advocate this because I am an historian of religions myself, and one of the founders of this discipline, Max Muller, is famous for saying that "he who knows only one, knows none."  By this he meant that in order to study religion well, one must become knowledgeable about more than just one religious tradition.\n\nSome of the most prestigious programs in religious studies in the US are:\n\nUniversity of Chicago\nUniversity of California at Santa Barbara\nSyracuse University\nPrinceton University\nHarvard University\nYale University\nFlorida State University\nUniversity of Missouri at Columbia\nBoston University\nDuke University\nUniversity of North Carolina, Greenville\nMiami University in Ohio\nColumbia University\nArizona State University\nKansas State University\nVanderbilt University\nUniversity of Toronto\n\nAll of the above institutions also offer graduate programs in religious studies.  There are hundreds more undergraduate-only institutions with outstanding programs in religion, including Vassar, Barnard, Franklin and Marshall, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Macalester, Stanford, and I could go on and on.\n\nIf you are seeking a religiously affiliated institution, two of the best Catholic ones are Notre Dame and Boston College.  I could go on and on through Lutheran colleges, Methodist colleges, etc., but I think I'll stop here.   Post another question if you need more info. \n\nBest wishes!
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NonGovernmentalOrganizationS and HIV/AIDS awareness : http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/business/2003/0107hivbiz.htm\nHundreds of thousands of volunteers and churches are additional sources. Good Luck.
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Founded in 2002. Taking care of orphans. \nhttp://www.godskids.org/
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I.Protestant Revivalists\n\na. many problems were associated with industrialization and urbanization:\naa. alcoholism, illiteracy, overcrowded housing, poor health care, abuse of women, declining moral values\nb. many people sought to improve problems\nba. many reform movements began in the early 1800s\nbaa. most reform movements were rooted in religious faith and true to democratic principles of the 2nd Great Awakening\nc. reformers rejected the Puritan belief that God predetermined peoples’ lives and placed them in rigid social ranks\nca. taught the possibility of salvation for all\ncb. called for a crusade against personal immorality\ncc. worked for the reform of society\nd. Charles Grandison Finney\nda. central figure in revivalist movement\ndb. powerful sermons drew enormous crowds\ndc. emphasized individuals’ power to reform themselves\n\nWhen he opened his mouth he was aiming a gun. When he spoke bombardment began. The effects of his speaking were almost unparalleled in modern history. Over half a million people were converted through his ministry ... in an age when there were no amplifiers or mass communications, he spearheaded a revival which literally altered the course of history.\n\ne. Lyman Beecher\nea. taught “good people would make a good country”\neb. father of Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe\n\n II.The Temperance Movement\n\na. early 1800s, Amer. consumed more alcohol than at any other time in our history\nb. opposed alcohol because it tended to make people lose control\nc. valued self-control and self- discipline\nd. believed people should abstain from all alcohol\ne. asked people to sign abstinence pledges promising not to use alcohol\nf. organized the American Temperance Society \ng. wanted states to restrict the sale and consumption of alcohol\nh. alcohol consumption dropped sharply as movement gained strength\n\nIII.Public Education\n\na. Horace Mann led reform\nb. Mann became head of Board of Education in Massachusetts\nba. believed in the right to an education of every human being\nbb. believed a democracy couldn’t survive without an educated society\nc. wanted tax supported public schools\nca. some people didn’t support using tax money for schools\ncb. those with no children didn’t want to pay taxes\ncc. some people didn’t want the government educating their children\nd. Mann established grade levels\ne. established curriculum and teacher training\nf. Mann known as “father of American public schools”\ng. spoke out against slavery\nh. public school children of Mann’s day were taught how to behave, stand in line, wait their turn, and respect authority\ni. textbooks called McGuffey’s Readers not only helped teach reading, but also taught Protestant values like obedience, honesty, and temperance\nj. schools were more popular in the north \nja. few public schools in the South\njb. the South was too spread out\nk. most schools were segregated\nl. opportunities for women were limited\n\n IV.Reforming Prisons\n\na. early 1800s, many states built prisons for the first time\nb. conditions in prisons were typically bad\nc. Dorothea Dix fought for prison reform\nd. led efforts to build hospitals for the mentally ill\n\nThe Anti-Slavery Movement\n\n  I.Growth of the Movement\n\na. first anti-slavery group was the Mennonites\nb. northern states began outlawing slavery\nba. by 1804, northern states had either banned slavery or passed laws to end it gradually\nbb. importation of slaves was banned in 1808\nbc. by 1850, 3.7 mil blacks lived in the US, 12 % were free\nbd. in 1820, the slave pop. in the South was 1.5 mil\nbe. by 1850, 3.2 mil\nc. 1820s, a free black man, David Walker, published a pamphlet Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World\nca. placed it in clothing of sailors going to the South\nd. southern states banned anti-slavery movement and publications\nda. made it illegal to teach slaves to read\ne.1821, Benjamin Lundy founded an anti-slavery newspaper in Ohio called T
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Heres one:\n\nhttp://www.gsassistant.com/\n\nwill look for other one.\n\nHere:\n\nhttp://www.fastbaloans.com/faith_based_grants.php?domain_name=FASTBALOANS.COM&ox=faith+based+grants\n\nHope that helps
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Here are several sites on both sides of the issue.\nI will let you do the rest of your homework yourself.\n\nFAVOR\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm\n\nhttp://hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Center&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=63&ContentID=17353\n\nhttp://www.now.org/issues/lgbi/marr-rep.html\n\nAGAINST\nhttp://www.nogaymarriage.com/\n\nhttp://www.afa.net/family/
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Check out this site which basically grades various charities.\n\nIt's kind of dry, but has a lot of info.
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I would suggest looking into government grants and also ask around at different churches, they can really help!