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Sociology of Religion 2009 70(2):196-197; doi:10.1093/socrel/srp018
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Faith-based Inefficiency: The Follies of Bush's Initiatives

Joseph O. Baker

Baylor University

Faith-based Inefficiency: The Follies of Bush's Initiatives, by BOB WINEBURG. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007, 200 pp.; $44.95 USD (cloth).

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President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative has, since its inception (and even before), remained a contentious issue in the discourse on public policy. Most of this discussion centers on whether or not the initiative violates the Constitutional establishment clause prescribing the separation of church and state—a debate that is not only appropriate but necessary. However, given that the initiative has now been in place for a few years, perhaps an even more pressing question is: Does this policy strengthen . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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