Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/bAxnQm Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Western Europe By: Paul Christopher Manuel Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9783319772967, 3319772961 eText ISBN: 9783319772974, 331977297X Copyright year: 2019 Format: EPUB Available from $ 109.00 USD SKU 9783319772974 This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with declining numbers of adherents, might contribute to the deepening of democracy. Throughout, the volume invites social scientists to consider the on-going role of faith-based organizations in Western European civil society, and investigates whether the concept of muted vibrancy aids our theoretical understanding.
