1st Edition
Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters Changing Lives
Chapter 1. Introduction: Homelessness and Faith-Based Organizations
Chapter 2. Theoretical Concepts and Methods
Chapter 3. Religion and Spirituality, Community and Program Structure at Grace Ministries, a Faith-Permeated Organization
Chapter 4. Self-Sufficiency and Program Structure at House of Hope, a Faith-Affiliated Organization
Chapter 5. Respite Center: Optional Participation and Divergent Responses in a Largely Secular Nonprofit
Chapter 6. What we Found and Why it Matters
Methodological Appendix
Biography
Ines W. Jindra is an assistant professor of Social Work and BSW program director in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology at Idaho State University in Pocatello, U.S.A.
Michael Jindra is a cultural anthropologist at the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs at Boston University, U.S.A.
Sarah DeGenero is a graduate from Gordon College, U.S.A.
'This book is required reading for scholars engaging with homelessness, poverty and religion. Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters fills a badly felt gap in the field of lived religion and homelessness. It takes up important issues and moves the discussion forward in each instance. A "must read"!'
Srdjan Sremac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, author of Addiction and Spiritual Transformation
