“Was the Bush Faith-Based Initiative a Failure?”
Read a Jan. 26, 2010, essay on the Web site of Christianity Today in which Stanley Carlson-Thies reflects on George W. Bush’s faith-based initiatives.
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“Does anyone remember the faith-based initiative?”
Read a post from Jan. 8, 2010, by sociologist Mark Chaves at the Faith & Leadership site of Duke Divinity School. Chaves summarizes his research, based on the National Congregations Study, showing that federal faith-based initiatives have had little or no impact on houses or worship and religious social service organizations, or on the delivery of social […]
“Religious leaders worry that Obama’s faith council is for show”
Read a Feb. 3, 2010, Washington Post story timed for the first anniversary of Obama’s announcement that he was revamping the faith-based office. The story details concerns among faith leaders.
“Keeping Faith, Courting Conservatives”
Read a Feb. 4, 2010, story in The Wall Street Journal that discusses Obama’s decision to allow religious groups that receive taxpayer dollars to discriminate to some extent in hiring.
“Faith-Based Anniversary: Has Anything Changed?”
Read a Feb. 5, 2010, post at ReligionDispatches.org, which rounds up the criticisms of church-state groups such as the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination.
“More Faith-Based Follies: One Year Later, Initiative Remains Plagued With Problems”
Read a Feb. 5, 2010, blog post by Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State titled about Obama’s faith-based initiative. It includes a link to an op-ed by Americans United executive director Barry Lynn outlining the concerns of religious liberty advocates.
“Faith-Based Organizations and Government Aid”
A Feb. 19, 2010, post by Cornell law professor Steven H. Shiffrin at the ReligiousLeftLaw blog argues that liberals should give religious groups more leeway in obtaining federal funding, in part because social service faith groups have been receiving such funds for more than 70 years with few problems.
“As We Approach the One-Year Anniversary of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships–An Update”
Joshua DuBois, former head of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, defended and detailed the work of the faith-based office in this Feb. 3, 2010, blog post on the official Web site of the OFBNP.
“White House Faith Office Director Defends Work of Faith Council”
Joshua DuBois, former head of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, defended and detailed the work of the faith-based office in this Feb. 4, 2010, video (with transcript) interview with David Brody of CBN