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The Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has compiled a suggested reading list for faith-based organizations interested in compassionate ministries to Oklahomas poor and needy.

General Reference Materials

Abzug, Rikki and Jeffrey S. Simonoff. Nonprofit Trusteeship in Different Contexts: Corporate Social Responsibility Series (2004).

Cnaan, Ram A. with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie. The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999).

Dionne, E. J. Jr. and Ming Hsu Chen, eds. Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2001).
Glenn, Charles L. The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002).

Heclo, Hugh and Wilfred M. McClay. Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America (Woodrow Wilson Center Press: 2003).

Monsma, Stephen V. When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).

Olasky, Marvin. Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Can Transform America (New York: Free Press, 2000).

Sider, Ronald J. “The Case for Discrimination”, First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Digital: 2006) – HTML.

Sider, Ronald J. Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America (2007).

Streeter, Ryan. Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector (Indianapolis: The Hudson Institute, 2001).


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