The Other Philadelphia Story: How Local Congregations Support Quality of Life in Urban America
(Part of the The City in the Twenty-First Century Series)
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For people living in U.S. cities, social services come not only from the government but increasingly also from local religious communities. Ever since the Clinton administration's welfare reform, faith-based institutions, and especially congregations, have been allowed to bid for federal funds for their programs. In The Other Philadelphia Story, drawing on the first-ever census of congregations in any American city, Ram Cnaan and his colleagues...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812239490
ISBN13:9780812239492
Release Date:October 2006
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:4.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.0"
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