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'Life on the Breadline: Christianity, Poverty and Politics in the 21st century'

《救济线上的生活：21 世纪的基督教、贫困和政治》

基本信息

批准号：
ES/R006555/1
负责人：
Christopher Shannahan
金额：
$ 61.23万
依托单位：
Coventry University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FR006555%2F1
关键词：
Life Breadline Christianity Poverty Politics

项目摘要

In the wake of the 2008/9 financial crash, resulting global recession and the 'age of austerity' introduced by the 2010-15 government, poverty in the UK rose more dramatically than in any other G7 nation. The number of people relying on foodbanks to feed their families rose from 25,000 in 2008 to 1,200,000 in early 2017. Between 2010 and 2016 the number of people in the UK earning less than a 'living wage' grew from 3,400,000 to 4,900,000 and the number of people on 'zero hours' contracts grew to 905,000. By early 2017 more than 30% of British children were living in poverty, 25% of the population were living in fuel poverty and rough sleeping had grown to 4,134, double the 2010 figure. Economic poverty is one aspect of more wide-ranging social exclusion. However the project will demonstrate that broader patterns of social exclusion are largely driven by poverty. In the face of this dramatic growth in poverty and inequality third sector and faith-based organisations have been in the vanguard of the ongoing struggle against social exclusion.Christian communities have been involved in challenging urban poverty since the industrial revolution. However during the 'age of austerity' they have become increasingly important players as a result of their enduring relationships in local communities. Michael Hoelzl and Keith Ward (2008) refer to this as the 'new visibility of religion'. A key arena within which this 'new visibility' has been seen is in relation to rising levels of poverty and social inequality. 'Life on the Breadline: Christianity, Poverty and Politics in the 21st century' is the first interdisciplinary theological analysis of poverty in the UK since the financial crash. It will increase the awareness of the scope and impact of Christian engagement with poverty amongst government policy-makers and within wider society, enrich social policy and research and enable more effective faith-based action on poverty across urban Britain.This project will analyse the nature, scope, extent and impact of Christian engagement with poverty. Six ethnographic case studies of Christian NGOs will be developed, interviews of 120 regional church leaders in Birmingham, London and Manchester and two National Poverty Consultations with 50+ national church leaders attending will enable the project to generate the most extensive evidence-base to date of Christian engagement with poverty in the UK. Fieldwork will analyse two differing approaches to tackling poverty - 'caring' and 'campaigning' - in order to assess whether the 'age of austerity' has affected the nature and impact of Christian engagement with poverty and the values that underpin it.The project will develop a critical dialogue between social geography, political sociology, urban studies, the sociology of religion and urban and political theology in order to forge the first evidence-based theological analysis of poverty in the UK since the 2008 financial crash. The project will increase the awareness of the nature, scope and impact of Christian engagement with poverty amongst policy-makers and facilitate the development of new models of theory and theology capable of resourcing third sector engagement with poverty in the 21st century. Through the development of a wide range of outputs including a photographic exhibition, project briefs and report, 3 animated films, an online research portal, a 'Faith and Poverty Activism Network', an online MOOC and training sessions for government policymakers and church leaders, alongside academic journal articles, a co-written book and a major conference the project will impact directly on policymakers, researchers within the social sciences, theology and political science and wider society.

2008/9 年金融危机、由此引发的全球经济衰退以及 2010-15 届政府推出的“紧缩时代”之后，英国的贫困率增长速度比任何其他 G7 国家都要严重。依靠食品银行养家糊口的人数从 2008 年的 25,000 人增加到 2017 年初的 1,200,000 人。2010 年至 2016 年间，英国收入低于“生活工资”的人数从 3,400,000 人增加到 4,900,000 人，签订“零工时”合同的人数增加到905,000。到 2017 年初，超过 30% 的英国儿童生活在贫困之中，25% 的人口生活在燃料匮乏之中，露宿街头的人数已增至 4,134 人，是 2010 年数字的两倍。经济贫困是更广泛的社会排斥的一个方面。然而，该项目将表明，更广泛的社会排斥模式很大程度上是由贫困造成的。面对贫困和不平等现象的急剧增长，第三部门和信仰组织一直是反对社会排斥的持续斗争的先锋。自工业革命以来，基督教社区一直参与挑战城市贫困。然而，在“紧缩时代”，由于与当地社区的持久关系，他们已成为越来越重要的参与者。 Michael Hoelzl 和 Keith Ward (2008) 将此称为“宗教的新可见性”。这种“新可见度”的一个关键领域与贫困和社会不平等程度的上升有关。《救济线上的生活：21世纪的基督教、贫困和政治》是自金融危机以来第一个对英国贫困进行跨学科神学分析的书。它将提高政府政策制定者和更广泛的社会对基督徒参与贫困问题的范围和影响的认识，丰富社会政策和研究，并在英国城市中开展更有效的基于信仰的贫困行动。该项目将分析基督徒参与贫困问题的性质、范围、程度和影响。将开展六个基督教非政府组织的民族志案例研究，对伯明翰、伦敦和曼彻斯特的 120 名地区教会领袖进行访谈，以及有 50 多名国家教会领袖参加的两次全国贫困磋商，将使该项目能够产生迄今为止英国基督徒参与贫困问题的最广泛的证据基础。实地考察将分析解决贫困问题的两种不同方法——“关怀”和“运动”——以评估“紧缩时代”是否影响了基督徒参与贫困问题的性质和影响以及支撑贫困的价值观。该项目将在社会地理学、政治社会学、城市研究、宗教社会学以及城市和政治神学之间开展批判性对话，以形成第一个基于证据的关于贫困的神学分析。英国自2008年金融危机以来。该项目将提高政策制定者对基督教参与贫困问题的性质、范围和影响的认识，并促进新理论和神学模式的发展，为21世纪第三部门参与贫困问题提供资源。通过开发一系列广泛的成果，包括摄影展、项目简报和报告、3部动画电影、在线研究门户网站、“信仰与贫困行动网络”、在线 MOOC 和针对政府政策制定者和教会领袖的培训课程，以及学术期刊文章、合着的书籍和一次大型会议，该项目将直接影响政策制定者、社会科学、神学和政治学以及更广泛社会的研究人员。