The Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Softcover

Formicola, Jo Renee; Segers, Mary C.; Weber, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742523055 ISBN 13: 9780742523050

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

Synopsis

Designed to level the playing field between sacred and secular organizations, President George W. Bush's 'faith-based initiative' is intended to allow religious agencies to compete for federal funds to carry out their charitable missions. The initiative has ignited a firestorm of controversy, with a wide range of religious and secular organizations arguing both for and against the plan. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration looks at the ramifications of the President's attempted policy change and analyzes the 'faith-based initiative' in its larger historical, political, and social context. Noted scholars Jo Renee Formicola, Mary C. Segers, and Paul Weber explore the rationale behind the policy, examine the legal and philosophical counter-arguments, and reveal the political dynamics impacting the legislation.

About this title

About the Author

Jo Renee Formicola is professor of political science at Seton Hall University and co-author, with Hubert Morken, of The Politics of School Choice and Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Politics. Mary C. Segers is professor of political science at Rutgers University. Her books include Piety, Politics, and Pluralism, A Wall of Seperation?, and Religion in Post-Communist Europe. Paul Weber is professor of political science at the University of Louisville and the author of Equal Separation and The Power of Ideas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742523055
• ISBN 13: 9780742523050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224