TY - BOOK AU - Cherry,Conrad AU - Sherrill,Rowland A. TI - Religion, the independent sector, and American culture /edited by Conrad Cherry, Rowland A. Sherrill T2 - American Academy of Religion studies in religion AV - BR515 .R455 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - Atlanta, Georgia PB - Scholars Press KW - Voluntarism KW - Religious aspects KW - Church charities KW - United States KW - Church and the world N1 - 2; Religion, society and the independent sector : key elements of a general theory; Max L. Stackhouse --; Economic change and the character of American Catholic philanthropy, 1790-1940; Mary J. Oates --; The independent sector and the educational strategies of mainstream Protestantism, 1900-1980; Dorothy C. Bass --; Religious volunteerism and care for the homeless : a case study of the Shepherd's Table; William D. Dinges --; The Catholic bishops and the nuclear debate : a case study of the independent sector; J. Bryan Hehir --; Health, hospitals, and ethics committees : the voices in the conversation; James F. Smurl --; Whether piety or charity : classification issues in the exemption of churches and charities from property taxation; John Witte, Jr. --; Religion, the "cure of souls," and the third sector in America : an historical perspective; E. Brooks Holifield; 2 ER -