Service and faith: The impact on Christian faith of community ministry participation

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-426

  Hugen, Beryl ^a   Wolfer, Terry A ^b   Renkema, Jennifer Ubels ^c  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Identity Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746878292     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (48)

1. Allen, Mike. 2002. Faith-Based Initiative to Get a Major Push from Bush. The Washington Post (September 01): A08.
2. Allport, Gordon W. 1950. The Individual and His Religion: A Psychological Interpretation. New York: Macmillan.
3. 1966. "The Religious Context of Prejudice." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 5:447-457.
4. Allport, Gordon W., and Michael J. Ross. 1967. "Personal Religious Orientation and Prejudice." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 5:432-443.
5. Bass, Dorothy C. 1997. "Keeping Sabbath." In Dorothy C. Bass (ed.) Practicing our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, pp. 75-89. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
6. Bass, Dorothy C., and Craig Dykstra. 1997. "Growing in the Practices of Faith." In Dorothy C. Bass (ed.) Practicing our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, pp.195-204. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
7. Bassett, Rodney L., Ronald D. Sadler, Eric E. Kobischen, David M. Skiff, Ivy J. Merrill, Barbara J. Atwater, and Paul W. Livermore. 1981. "The Shepherd Scale: Separating the Sheep From the Goats." Journal of Psychology and Theology 9:335-351.
8. Batson, Daniel C., and Larry W. Ventis. 1982. The Religious Experience: A Social Psychological Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
9. Benson, Peter L., Michael J. Donahue, and Joseph A. Erickson. 1993. "The Faith Maturity Scale: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Empirical Validation." Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 5:1-26.
10. Cnaan, Ram A. with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie. 1999. The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership. New York: Columbia University Press.
11. Cnaan, Ram A. with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey, and Richard Schneider. 2002. The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare. New York: New York University Press.
12. Davidson, James D., Lincoln C. Johnson, and Alan K. Mock. 1990. Faith and Social Ministry: Ten Christian Perspectives. Chicago: Loyola University Press.
13. Dudley, Carl S. 1996. Next Steps in Community Ministry. Washington, D.C.: The Alban Institute.
14. Dykstra, Craig. 1986. "What is Faith?: An Experiment in the Hypothetical Mode." In Craig Dykstra and Sharon Parks (eds.) Faith Development and Fowler, pp. 45-64. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
15. 1991. "Reconceiving Practice." In Barbara Wheeler and Edward Farley (eds.) Shifting Boundaries: Contextual Approaches to the Structure of Theological Education, pp. 35-66. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox.
16. 1999. Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices. Louisville: Geneva Press.
17. Ellison, Craig W. 1983. "Spiritual Well-Being: Conceptualization and Measurement." Journal of Psychology and Theology. 11:330-340.
18. Ellison, Craig W., and Raymond F. Paloutzian. 1979. "Religious Experience and Quality of Life." Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 5-7, New York.
19. Erickson, Erik H. 1963. Childhood and Society. 2nd rev. ed, enl. New York: Norton.
20. 1982. The Life-Cycle Completed. New York: Norton.
21. Fowler, James W. 1981. Stages of Faith. New York: Harper and Row.
22. 1984. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
23. Green, John, C., and Amy L. Sherman. 2002. "Survey Shows Faith-based Initiative Working Well in the States: Charitable Choice Promotes Expanded, Respectful Faith-based Services." U.S. Newswire. (September 4).
24. Hellwig, Monika K. 1990. "A History of the Concept of Faith." In James Michael Lee (ed.) Handbook of Faith, pp. 3-23. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press.
25. Hessel, Dieter T., ed. 1988. Theological Education for Social Ministry. New York: Pilgrim Press.
26. Hodgkinson, Virginia A., and Murray S. Weitzman with Arthur D. Kirsch, Stephen M. Noga, and Heather A. Gorski. 1993. From Belief to Commitment: The Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the Unitedstates, 1993 edition. Washington, DC: Independent Sector.
27. Huebner, Dwayne. 1986. "Christian Growth in Faith." Religious Education 81(4):511-521.
28. Hugen, Beryl, Terry A. Wolfer, Diana R. Garland, Dennis Myers, David A. Sherwood, and Paula Sheridan. 2003. "Reconceptualizing Faith and its Relationship to Community Ministry: A Model of Christian Faith Practices." Social Work and Christianity 30(3):234-255.
29. Jeavons, Thomas H. 1994. When the Bottom Line is Faithfulness: Management of Christian Service Organizations. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
30. Johnson, Cedric B., and Newton H. Malony. 1982. Christian Conversion: Biblical and Psychological Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
31. Lee, James M. 1990. "Facilitating Growth in Faith through Religious Instruction." In James M. Lee (ed.) Handbook of Faith, pp. 264-302. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
32. MacIntyre, Alasdair. 1984. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. 2nd Ed. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
33. Malony, Newton H. 1988. "The Clinical Assessment of Optimal Religious Functioning." Review of Religious Research 30(1):3-17.
34. Malony, Newton H.1990. "The Concept of Faith in Psychology." In James Michael Lee (ed.) Handbook of Faith. pp. 71-95. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press.
35. McElway, Alexander J. 1990. "The Systematic Theology of Faith: A Protestant Perspective." In James Michael Lee (ed.) Handbook of Faith, pp. 164-20. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press.
36. Miles, Delos. 1986. Evangelism and Social Involvement. Nashville: Broadman.
37. Nelson, Randolph. 1990. "Facilitating Growth in Faith through Social Ministry.'' In James M. Lee (ed.) Handbook of Faith, pp. 221-241. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
38. Putnam, Robert. 2000. Bowling Alone. New York: Simon & Schuster.
39. Raymond, William L. 2002. Volunteer Involvement Risk/Intensity Scale. Holland, Michigan: Faith Works Consulting.
40. Roehlkepartain, Eugene. 1993. The Teaching Church: Moving Christian Education to Center Stage. Nashville: Abingdon.
41. Sawicki, Marianne. 1984. "Recognizing the Risen Lord." Theology Today 44: 441-449.
42. Stensland, David W. 1985. The Christian Lifestyle Scale. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta, Canada.
43. Townsend, John S., and Frank B. Wichern. 1984. "The Development of the Spiritual Leadership Qualities Inventory." Journal of Psychology and Theology 12: 305-313.
44. Watkins, Derrel E. 1994. Christian Social Ministry: An Introduction. Nashville: Broadman & Holman.
45. Wineburg, Robert. 2001. A Limited Partnership: The Politics of Religion, Welfare, and Social Service. New York: Columbia University Press.
46. Westerhoff, John. 1980. Bringing up Children in the Christian Faith. Minneapolis: Winston Press.
47. Witham, Larry. 2002. "Faith-based Use of Government Funds Grow in 2 Years; Poll in 15 States Confirms Effect of Bush Program Built on 1996 Law." The Washington Times. (April 25): A04.
48. Wolfer, Terry A., and Michael E. Sherr. 2002. "American Congregations and their Social Programs." In Terry Tirrito and Toni Casio (eds.) Religious Organizations in Community Services, pp. 23-49. New York: Springer.