Foreword

Acknowledgments

When the Sacred Meets the Civic: An Introduction

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

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

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

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

FURTHER COMMENTS

Teen Pregnancy, Faith, and Social Science

The Why's behind Reducing Teen Pregnancy

Faith-Based Sexuality Education Breaks the Silence in Black Churches

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

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

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

FURTHER COMMENTS

Effectiveness over Ideology: Church-Based Partnerships in Crime Prevention

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

The Enforcer: The Role of Churches in Maintaining Social Control

Fighting Crime: Overcoming the Arguments of Church-State Separationists

Even Church-State Separationists Care about Serving the Poor

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

Community Development and Religious Institutions

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

FURTHER COMMENTS

Faith-Based Community Partnerships: Toward Justice and Empowerment

Comparative Advantages of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development

Eyes on the Prize

Redefining the Mission of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development

Faith in Harlem: Community Development and the Black Church

Housing Needs and Housing Resources: A Mismatch

Faith as the Foundation for the New Community Corporation

PART FOUR The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Education

Partnerships of Schools and Faith-Based Organizations

Faith-Based Organizations and Public Education Reform

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

FURTHER COMMENTS

Mobilizing Communities to Improve Public Schools

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

Balancing Principles and Implementation: Muslim Responses to Charitable Choice

What Public Schools Might Learn from the Catholic School Experience

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

The Child-Care Landscape

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

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

Sacred Places? Not Quite. Civic Purposes? Almost

FURTHER COMMENTS

Ensuring Quality and Accountability in Faith-Based Child Care

Harnessing the Potential of Partnerships without Violating Cherished Values

Church-Based Child Care in Rural Areas

The Child-Care Trilemma and Faith-Based Care

PART SIX Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?

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

Testing the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?

Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Religion

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

The Breaking Points: When Consensus Becomes Conflict

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

Contributors

Index