The Difference that 'Faith' Makes: Faith-based Organisations and the Provision of Services for Homeless People

“信仰”带来的差异：基于信仰的组织和为无家可归者提供服务

• 批准号: AH/F007647/1
• 负责人: Sarah Johnsen
• 金额: $ 10.67万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FF007647%2F1
• 关键词: Difference; Faith; Makes; based; Organisations

The provision of services to homeless and destitute people is one of the longest-standing means by which faith communities have sought to contribute to the welfare of society, and Faith-based Organisations (FBOs) retained a significant presence in the homelessness sector even after the establishment of the British welfare state. Recently, there has been a step-change in the role of FBOs, and the wider voluntary sector, such that they are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of publicly-funded services for homeless people and other vulnerable groups. While concern has been expressed regarding the impact of these developments on the independence of charities, the specific implications for FBOs have not as yet been given explicit attention. Even more importantly, there has been no systematic analysis of the 'difference that faith makes' to the experiences of, and outcomes for, service users. This is a knowledge gap of growing pertinence given the Government's increasingly welcoming attitude to FBO involvement in social policy. The project seeks to redress these deficits in the existing knowledge base by exploring three avenues of enquiry. First, it will identify similarities and differences between the moral frameworks of FBOs (with a wide range of religious affiliations) and secular (voluntary) agencies offering services to homeless people, and explore how these shape the type and nature of interventions 'on the ground'. Second, it will consider the ramifications of the changing governance ('professionalisation') of homelessness services for FBOs, the impacts this might have on their relationships with secular (and other FBO) providers, and any implications for the future role of FBOs in the sector. Third, and crucially, it will pay particular attention to 'the difference that faith makes' to the experiences of, and outcomes for, service users / focussing on their preferences for either faith-based or secular approaches.Methods employed in the study will include a review of international literature and British service databases to clarify the role of FBOs in responding to the welfare needs of vulnerable groups, particularly those who are homeless. Interviews will then be conducted with representatives of national FBOs to amplify the information derived from the literature/database searches, and in particular to investigate different faith groups' level and type of informal response to homelessness. The main phase of the research will comprise intensive case studies in three areas: one London Borough and two metropolitan cities. After in-depth interviews with key local informants, six services in each area (four FBO and two secular providers) will be selected for intensive analysis, including a review of their written documentation, in-depth interviews with service managers, focus groups with frontline staff (both paid and volunteer), and focus groups with service users.The research is designed to be of practical value to central government departments devising policies for vulnerable groups; to FBO and secular voluntary organisations, particularly in the homelessness field; and to academics with an interest in welfare restructuring, poverty, social justice, and faith/religion.

为无家可归和贫困的人提供服务是信仰团体寻求为社会福利做出贡献的最长久的手段之一，即使在英国福利国家建立之后，信仰组织（FBOs）在无家可归者部门仍保持着重要的存在。最近，志愿组织和更广泛的志愿部门的作用有了逐步的变化，它们在为无家可归者和其他脆弱群体提供公费服务方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。虽然人们对这些事态发展对慈善机构独立性的影响表示关切，但对慈善组织的具体影响尚未得到明确注意。更重要的是，对于“信仰对服务使用者的体验和结果产生的影响”，还没有系统的分析。鉴于政府对非政府组织参与社会政策的态度日益欢迎，这是一个日益有针对性的知识差距。该项目试图通过探索三种调查途径来纠正现有知识库中的这些缺陷。首先，它将确定fbo（具有广泛的宗教信仰）和向无家可归者提供服务的世俗（自愿）机构的道德框架之间的异同，并探讨这些机构如何塑造“实地”干预的类型和性质。其次，它将考虑为FBO提供无家可归服务的不断变化的治理（“专业化”）的后果，这可能对他们与世俗（和其他FBO）提供者的关系产生的影响，以及对FBO在该部门未来角色的任何影响。第三，也是至关重要的一点，它将特别关注“信仰对服务用户的体验和结果所产生的差异”/关注他们对基于信仰的方法或世俗方法的偏好。这项研究采用的方法将包括审查国际文献和英国服务数据库，以澄清志愿服务组织在满足弱势群体，特别是无家可归者的福利需要方面的作用。然后将与国家fbo的代表进行面谈，以扩大从文献/数据库搜索中获得的信息，特别是调查不同信仰团体对无家可归的非正式反应的程度和类型。研究的主要阶段将包括三个领域的密集案例研究：一个伦敦自治市和两个大都市。在对关键的当地信息提供者进行深入访谈后，将在每个区域选择六种服务（四种FBO和两种世俗提供者）进行深入分析，包括审查其书面文件，对服务经理进行深入访谈，对一线员工（有偿和志愿）进行焦点小组讨论，以及对服务用户进行焦点小组讨论。本研究旨在为中央政府部门制定弱势群体政策提供实用价值；FBO和世俗志愿组织，特别是在无家可归领域；以及对福利重组、贫困、社会正义和信仰/宗教感兴趣的学者。

项目成果

Religion and Change in Modern Britain

现代英国的宗教与变革

• 发表时间: 2012
• 作者: Johnsen, S

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• 发表时间: 2011-11
• 期刊: IEEE Microwave Magazine
• 影响因子: 3.6
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The role of faith-based organisations in the provision of services for homeless people: summary of key findings

信仰组织在为无家可归者提供服务方面的作用：主要调查结果摘要

• 发表时间: 2009
• 作者: Johnsen, S

How to Research Religion: Putting Methods Into Practice

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• 作者: Conroy, J.

Where's the 'Faith' in 'Faith-Based' Organisations? The Evolution and Practice of Faith-Based Homelessness Services in the UK

“基于信仰”的组织中的“信仰”在哪里？

• DOI: 10.1017/s0047279413001001
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Journal of Social Policy
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: JOHNSEN S