"Faith-based initiatives and aging services has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of religious gerontology, volume 16, numbers 1/2 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / James W. Ellor -- Separation of church and state : impact on faith-based services / James W. Ellor -- Micro practice and faith-based initiatives : the role of religious congregations in the social service system / James W. Ellor -- Faith-related agencies and their implications for aging services / F. Ellen Netting -- Dialogue with Elizabeth Seale-Scott, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / James W. Ellor and F. Ellen Netting -- Baptist perspectives on faith-based initiatives and religious liberty / Jon Singletary -- Wherefore the faith-based initiative : a commentary and analysis / Ronald H. Field -- Managing older volunteers : implications for faith-based organizations / Nancy L. Macduff -- Faith organizations and ethnically diverse elders : a community action model / Terry Tirrito and Gil Choi -- The heritage of religion and spirituality in the field of gerontology : Don Clingan, Tom Cook, and the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging / James W. Ellor and Melvin A. Kimble.

"Religious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiation of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has raised many questions from both the traditional secular and sectarian services as well as many nontraditional services found in each community. Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services addresses the issues of the separation of church and state, the concerns involved in developing social services in religious congregations, and the larger public policy implications of this office. This book offers perspectives from traditional and nontraditional faith-based groups, as well as experts in volunteerism."--BOOK JACKET.