Faith Is the First Step: Faith-Based Solutions to Homelessness

Faith-based programs and their influence on homelessness.

In America today, homelessness is coming under increasing pressure by federal, state, local, and faith-based providers of prevention and intervention services. American philanthropy makes a response to this pervasive problem possible through faith-based institutional and local efforts that facilitate the effectiveness of governmental programs designed to eliminate long-term homelessness by 2014...

Alternative to faith-based science.

dEfininG faitH and faitH PraCtiCES

recent studies demonstrate an overlapping relationship between faith practices of individuals, family functioning, and the corporate faith of congregations. this study reports on the psychometric properties of the Christian faith Practices Scale (CfPS), which was created to empirically measure dykstra’s faith behaviors or “practices.” analysis of a large purposive sample (n=7,403) indicates ini...

Faith healing and faith in healing.

Sarkar and Seshadri have presented an interesting paper in this issue on the ethical approach that a physician should take when faced with requests for faith healing (1). The paper describes four approaches that the physician can take. These are rejecting the request, keeping oneself detached from the issue, endorsing the request and trying to understand the practices concerned so as to make a ...

Faith-based substance abuse programs

Faith-based programs are one of the primary treatment options for individuals with substance use disorders. However, there is ambiguity regarding what faith-based programs are, how they differ from secular programs, and how they incorporate religion or spirituality into treatment. Furthermore, though evidence suggests faithbased programs can be as effective as other secular treatments, it is un...