Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters

Ines W. Jindra is an assistant professor of Social Work and BSW program director in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology at Idaho State University in Pocatello, U.S.A.Michael Jindra is a cultural anthropologist at the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs at Boston University, U.S.A.Sarah DeGenero is a graduate from Gordon College, U.S.A.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Homelessness and faith-based organizations Chapter 2. Theoretical concepts and methods Chapter 3. Religion and spirituality, community, and program structure at Grace Ministries, a faith-permeated organization Chapter 4. Self-sufficiency and program structure at house of hope, a faith-affiliated organization Chapter 5. Respite center: optional participation and divergent responses in a largely secular nonprofit Chapter 6. What we found and why it matters Methodological appendix

'This book is required reading for scholars engaging with homelessness, poverty and religion. Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters fills a badly felt gap in the field of lived religion and homelessness. It takes up important issues and moves the discussion forward in each instance. A "must read"!'Srdjan Sremac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, author of Addiction and Spiritual Transformation