A new community-based framework assessing the impact of participatory grantmaking on philanthropyInstitutional foundations are influential, yet it can be difficult to understand how they operate. How do their staff members make decisions? What impact do these decisions have on nonprofits, civil society, and democracy more broadly? One practice that holds promise for demystifying this relationship is participatory grantmaking, whereby stakeholders and grantees parti...

Do you thirst to make our world better? Breath of Life is just the spiritual tonic you need to care for yourself as you care for Earth. After 40 years of church leadership inside the 4 walls, I’ve spent 6 years crossing 3 continents to learn that when our ministries nurture Earth we truly understand Jesus as Lord of Creation. Then we receive healing, regenerate our communities and invigorate our houses of worship. This practical and prophetic Bibl...

Do you thirst to make our world better? Breath of Life is just the spiritual tonic you need to care for yourself as you care for Earth. After 40 years of church leadership inside the 4 walls, I’ve spent 6 years crossing 3 continents to learn that when our ministries nurture Earth we truly understand Jesus as Lord of Creation. Then we receive healing, regenerate our communities and invigorate our houses of worship. This practical and prophetic Bibl...

This interdisciplinary Handbook examines the relationship between environmental problem solving and religion, addressing how environmental planning often neglects the cultural influences and organizational resources of the world’s religions. It explores global faiths such as Islam and Buddhism, as well as Indigenous and emerging religions.Expert contributors from a breadth of disciplines including anthropology, ecology, education and theology use the Sustainable Development Goals (...

Read the latest studies on the effectiveness of religious-based services—and the problems revealed in the assessmentThe Charitable Choice provision and the Bush Administration’s National Faith-Based Initiative have broadened the scope of social services delivered through faith-based organizations. There are expectations that these faith-based social service providers will be more effective—but how should that effectiveness be measured? Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessm...

Christian ministries often struggle to account for urbanization's growing force, complexities, and reachâ€"and to formulate theologically and sociologically appropriate responses. Urban Ministry Reconsidered features a collection of original essays by leading scholars and practitioners that explores current issues and challenges in urban communities.Together these articles consider how cultural and structural frameworks have led to new conceptualizations and configurations of urban...

Racialized Health, COVID-19, and Religious Responses: Black Atlantic Contexts and Perspectives explores black religious responses to black health concerns amidst persistent race-based health disparities and healthcare inequities. This cutting-edge edited volume provides theoretically and descriptively rich analysis of cases and contexts where race factors strongly in black health outcomes and dynamics, viewing these matters from various disciplinary and national vantage points. Th...