Religion And Social Policy Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Religion and Social Policy: Fresh Concepts and Historical Patterns
1	Globalization, Social Policy, and Christianity at the Dawn of a New Millennium: Some Reflections from a Latin American Emigrant Perspective	3
2	Public Policy toward Minority Religions in the United States: A Model for Europe and Other Countries?	15
3	The Tension between an Established Church and Equal Opportunities in Religion: The Case of Prison Chaplaincy	39
4	American Indian Religious Identity and Advanced Colonial Malignancy	54
5	Tensions, Religious Freedom, and the Courts: The Seventh-day Adventist Experience	73
6	Immigrant Congregations as Social Service Providers: Are They Safety Nets for Welfare Reform?	95
7	Islam, Women's Organizations, and Political Rights for Women	111
8	Woman Abuse and Faith Communities: Religion, Violence, and the Provision of Social Welfare	128
9	Work and Its Discontents: Two Cases of Contemporary Religious Response to Unemployment	146
10	Regional Judicatories and Social Policy Advocacy	164
11	Putting It Together in the African American Churches: Faith, Economic Development, and Civil Rights	181
12	The Civic Challenge of Virtual Eschatology: Heaven's Gate and Millennial Fever in Cyberspace	196
13	Religion, Race, and Community Organizing: The Movimento Negro in the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil	210
14	Religious Syncretism and a Postimperial Source of Healing in Korea	226
15	The Future of Religious Pluralism and Social Policy: Reflections from Lambeth and Beyond	244
	Index	263
	About the Contributors	275