{"product_id":"9780253110978","title":"A Public Charity: Religion and Social Welfare in Indianapolis, 1929-2002","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing Indianapolis as its focus, this book explores the relationship\u003cbr\u003e between religion and social welfare. Arising out of the Indianapolis Polis Center's\u003cbr\u003e Lilly-sponsored study of religion and urban culture, the book looks at three issues:\u003cbr\u003e the role of religious social services within Indianapolis's larger social welfare\u003cbr\u003e support system, both public and private; the evolution of the relationship between\u003cbr\u003e public and private welfare sectors; and how ideas about citizenship mediated the\u003cbr\u003e delivery of social services. Noting that religious nonprofits do not figure\u003cbr\u003e prominently in most studies of welfare, Mapes explores the historical roots of the\u003cbr\u003e relationship between religiously affiliated social welfare and public agencies. Her\u003cbr\u003e approach recognizes that local variation has been a defining feature of American\u003cbr\u003e social welfare. A Public Charity aims to illuminate local trends and to relate the\u003cbr\u003e situation in Indianapolis to national trends and events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolis\u003cbr\u003e Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture -- David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E.\u003cbr\u003e Farnsley II, editors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101374333168,"sku":"9780253110978","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253110978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}