Faith-based organizations and social welfare: associational life and religion in contemporary Africa and Latin America

Part 1: Theoretical Considerations -- Chapter 1. Religion, Faith-Based Organizations and Welfare Delivery in Contemporary Africa and Latin America (Miguel Glatzer, Paul Christopher Manuel, and Christine A. Gustafson) -- Chapter 2. The Complex Context for Social Welfare and Human Capacity Strategies in Africa (Katherine Marshall) -- Chapter 3."Africa is not a country": General Overview of Faith-based Services and Social Welfare in Africa (Nadine Bowers Du Toit and Barnabe Anzuruni Msabah) -- Part 2: Societies With a Dominant Religious Marketplace -- Chapter 4. Muslim NGOs in Contemporary Ghana (Holger Weiss) -- Chapter 5. Faith-based Organizations and the Challenge of Developmental Social Welfare in Democratic South Africa (Ignatius Swart) -- Chapter 6. Evolutionary Effectiveness of Faith-based Organizations Public Agency in Kenya (Richard Muko Ochanda, and Humphrey Waliang'i Wafula) -- Chapter 7. From Prominence to Derision? Chile's Religious Actors Confront a Turning Point in their Social Welfare Roles (Mathew Carnes and Raimundo Salas Schweikart) -- Chapter 8. The Church of the Poor, Civil Society, and Democracy in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca 1960s–2010s (Juan Manuel Lombera) -- Part 3: Societies with Mixed Religious Marketplaces -- Chapter 9. Faith-based Organizations, Society, and the State in Chad (Mayke Kaag) -- Chapter 10. Faith-based Organizations and Social Welfare: Associational Life and Religion in Nigeria (Omobolaji O. Olarinmoye) -- Chapter 11. Faith-based Organizations, Society, and the State in Mozambique (Victoria Armando Chifeche) -- Chapter 12. The Contributions of Faith-based Organizations in Uruguay: The most Secularized Sountry in Latin America (Néstor Da Costa).

1. Religion, Faith-Based Organizations and Welfare Delivery in Contemporary Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the Volume -- 2. Religion, Civil Society, and the State: Dynamics in Eastern Europe -- 3. Faith-Based Welfare Provision in Russia -- 4. The Place of Church in the Romanian Public Sphere: From Charitable Entrepreneur to Political Agent -- 5. In Times of Crisis: Faith-based Social Engagement and Religious Contestations in Ukraine since Maidan 2013-2014 -- 6. God's Backyard: Politics and the Catholic Church in Poland -- 7. Church and the Welfare State in Croatia -- 8. Religion, Civil Society, and Charitable Activity in Slovenia -- 9. Faith-Based Organizations in Hungary -- 10. Religion and Welfare in a Secular Society: The Case of Estonia -- 11. Irreplaceable Church Welfare in the Least Religious Country: The Case of the Czech Republic.

Intro -- Praise for Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare -- Foreword -- Preface: Towards an Understanding of the Role of Religion in the Delivery of Social Welfare in Contemporary Eastern Europe -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, and Welfare Delivery in Contemporary Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the Volume -- Conceptualizing Variation in Contemporary Eastern Europe -- Structure of the Volume -- The Chapters in This Volume -- A Preliminary Assessment: Key Themes from the Case-Studies -- 2 Religion, Civil Society, and the State: Dynamics in Eastern Europe -- Introduction -- Insufficiency of Paradigm Cases -- Articulating the Divergences -- "Tocquevillian Modus" -- Active Pluralism as a Challenge -- Conclusions -- Part I Majority Orthodox Countries -- 3 Faith-Based Welfare Provision in Russia -- Path Development: How did the Church-State Relationship Evolve in Russia? -- Kievan Rus' and Imperial Russia -- Communist Period -- Perestroika and Post-Soviet Russian Federation Period -- What Is the Current Religious Composition of Russia's Population? -- Objectives: What Do Religious Actors Intend to Achieve in Their Public Agency? -- Means and Strategies: How Do Religious Actors Operate in the Public Square? -- Political and Cultural Strategies -- Social Welfare Provision -- Sources of Income -- Effects: What Are the Intended or Unintended Consequences of Religious Actors' Political/Public Involvement? -- Political -- Cultural -- Welfare -- Public Perceptions: How Does the National Population View the Activities of Faith-Based Organizations? -- Conclusions and Future Challenges -- 4 The Place of the Church in the Romanian Public Sphere: From Charitable Entrepreneur to Political Agent.