Ram A. Cnaan is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Chair of the Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, as well as Director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. He is the author of The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership and The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare.

• SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF STUDYING CONGREGATIONSChapter 1: "Here is the Church; Here is the Steeple": Defining and Measuring Religious CongregationsChapter 2: The Religious Landscape in PhiladelphiaChapter 3: The organizational behavior of the congregations in our studySECTION II: CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN AMERICAChapter 4: Informal Care by CongregationsChapter 5: Formal Care-Congregations as Social Service AgenciesChapter 6: Using Space for Good UseSECTION III: SPECIAL CONGREGATIONS AND SUBGROUPSChapter 7: Black Congregations in the City of Brotherly LoveChapter 8: Latino congregations in the 21st centuryChapter 9: Women in congregations and social service provisionSECTION IV: AREA ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENHANCE THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE CAPACITYChapter 10: Interfaith coalitions-The Story of the Northwest Interfaith Movement (NIM)Chapter 11: Using the congregational capacity to help the homeless-the NPIHN storyChapter 12: Utilizing congregational volunteers: The stories of Amachi and REST PhillySECTION IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSChapter 13: The world of the clergy: Contextual necessities and leadership challengesChapter 14: Policy recommendationsAppendix I: MethodsReferencesAcknowledgments

"Cnaan uses a unique, thorough field study of nearly 2000 congregations in Philadelphia to probe the issue of social service delivery through religious institutions. . . . The book will be useful for graduate courses in social welfare and religion, and to scholars in both fields. Highly recommended." (Choice)

Ram A. Cnaan is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Chair of the Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, as well as Director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. He is the author of The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership and The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare.

• SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF STUDYING CONGREGATIONSChapter 1: "Here is the Church; Here is the Steeple": Defining and Measuring Religious CongregationsChapter 2: The Religious Landscape in PhiladelphiaChapter 3: The organizational behavior of the congregations in our studySECTION II: CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN AMERICAChapter 4: Informal Care by CongregationsChapter 5: Formal Care-Congregations as Social Service AgenciesChapter 6: Using Space for Good UseSECTION III: SPECIAL CONGREGATIONS AND SUBGROUPSChapter 7: Black Congregations in the City of Brotherly LoveChapter 8: Latino congregations in the 21st centuryChapter 9: Women in congregations and social service provisionSECTION IV: AREA ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENHANCE THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE CAPACITYChapter 10: Interfaith coalitions-The Story of the Northwest Interfaith Movement (NIM)Chapter 11: Using the congregational capacity to help the homeless-the NPIHN storyChapter 12: Utilizing congregational volunteers: The stories of Amachi and REST PhillySECTION IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSChapter 13: The world of the clergy: Contextual necessities and leadership challengesChapter 14: Policy recommendationsAppendix I: MethodsReferencesAcknowledgments

"Cnaan uses a unique, thorough field study of nearly 2000 congregations in Philadelphia to probe the issue of social service delivery through religious institutions. . . . The book will be useful for graduate courses in social welfare and religion, and to scholars in both fields. Highly recommended." (Choice)

Ram A. Cnaan is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Chair of the Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, as well as Director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. He is the author of The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership and The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare.

• SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF STUDYING CONGREGATIONSChapter 1: "Here is the Church; Here is the Steeple": Defining and Measuring Religious CongregationsChapter 2: The Religious Landscape in PhiladelphiaChapter 3: The organizational behavior of the congregations in our studySECTION II: CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN AMERICAChapter 4: Informal Care by CongregationsChapter 5: Formal Care-Congregations as Social Service AgenciesChapter 6: Using Space for Good UseSECTION III: SPECIAL CONGREGATIONS AND SUBGROUPSChapter 7: Black Congregations in the City of Brotherly LoveChapter 8: Latino congregations in the 21st centuryChapter 9: Women in congregations and social service provisionSECTION IV: AREA ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENHANCE THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE CAPACITYChapter 10: Interfaith coalitions-The Story of the Northwest Interfaith Movement (NIM)Chapter 11: Using the congregational capacity to help the homeless-the NPIHN storyChapter 12: Utilizing congregational volunteers: The stories of Amachi and REST PhillySECTION IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSChapter 13: The world of the clergy: Contextual necessities and leadership challengesChapter 14: Policy recommendationsAppendix I: MethodsReferencesAcknowledgments

"Cnaan uses a unique, thorough field study of nearly 2000 congregations in Philadelphia to probe the issue of social service delivery through religious institutions. . . . The book will be useful for graduate courses in social welfare and religion, and to scholars in both fields. Highly recommended." (Choice)