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• Religiosity, citizenship and attitudes to social policy issues

  Author:Peter SaundersFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20126,865 words Report 1770LMany social policy objectives align with religious beliefs--poverty alleviation, compassion for the poor and addressing more generally the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged in society. Yet there are also...

• Building a partnership for social service delivery in Indonesia: state and faith-based organisations

  Author:Minako SakaiFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20126,958 words Report 1430LContrary to the secularisation processes in modernisation theory, religions and faith-based organisations (FBOs) are thriving in contemporary Indonesia. Strongly supported by community members, religious organisations...

• Faith-based organisations and social policy in Melanesia

  Author:Graham HassallFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20127,222 words Report 1600LThis paper examines the contribution that faith-based organisations (FBOs) make to social policy in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. The paper sets contemporary relationships between church and...

• Introduction to the special issue on social policy and religion

  Authors:Peter Saunders and Minako SakaiFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20123,104 words Report 1740LSocial policy and religion are intertwined at many levels and in ways that are changing rapidly. Religious (and other) non-government organisations have stepped in to fill the vacuum left by declining or inadequate...

• Reinforcing substantive religious inequality: a critical analysis of submissions to the review of freedom of religion and belief in Australia inquiry

  Authors:Jacqueline K. Nelson, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, and Kevin M. DunnFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20128,906 words Report 1430LThe parties contributing to the Freedom of Religion and Belief in Australia Inquiry had a strong interest in the role of religion in society. Those making submissions were parochial about the status and importance of...

• Religious diversity and social policy: an Australian dilemma

  Author:Gary BoumaFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20126,155 words Report 1450LThe increase in religious diversity produced by the global movement of people and cultures and the proliferation of internal difference within religious communities raises social policy issues. Consideration of these...

• Anticipating modernity: the Jewish 'welfare state' in biblical and medieval times

  Author:Allan BorowskiFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20128,912 words Report 1390LThe impact of religion on social policies and its role in the development, structuring and functioning of welfare states has only recently attracted significant attention. Studies of the relationship between religion...

• Islamisation and activism of a Muslim NGO in Pakistan: Jama'at-ud-Da'wa as a case study

  Author:Samina YasmeenFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20128,131 words Report 1510LThis paper locates the study of Jamat-ud-Da'wa (JUD) within the context of global political developments. Premised on the nexus between the local and the global developments, it discusses how changes in the domestic or...

• The influence of faith-based organisations on Australian social policy

  Authors:Brian Howe and Renate HoweFrom:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20126,636 words Report 1540LThis historical overview explores the crucial and changing relationships between faith-based organisations and governments, not only in the implementation of social services but also in the formation of social policy....