"The Social Work of the Salvation Army" by Edwin Gifford Lamb. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Did advocates of the social gospel carry the burden of humanitarian aid during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Were evangelicals content merely to maintain the status quo and avoid ameliorating the plight of the needy? Focusing upon the period from the Civil War to about 1920, this study attempts to portray the sizeable body of Christians whose extensive welfare activities and concern sprang similarly from their passion for evangelism and personal holiness, writes the author. He meticulously traces the urban welfare activities of the Salvation Army, the Volunteers of America, the Christian Missionary and Alliance, multiple rescue missions and homes, and the religious journal 'Christian Herald'.

"At the beginning the Salvation Army was a purely religious body; but those at its head were driven into social work because of their sympathy with suffering. They had not planned out their work from the outset; they took it up, piece by piece, just as their hearts responded to appeal after appeal made by the suffering people with whom they were endeavoring to get into touch. They prayed with and preached to men and women weighed down by the sorrows and misery of dire poverty, and then they found that they simply could not leave these men and women without stretching out a helping hand to them. They were brought in contact with wrong-doers and criminals, they learned their secret history, they found how great a proportion of human sin is connected with wretched surroundings; and then they felt ill at ease until they tried to help and reform those who had been even more sinned against than sinning. Thus by degrees their social work increased and took on a multitude of different forms, and their constant endeavor was, not only to regenerate the individual, but also in practical ways, by experiment and trial, to find out how best to do away with the circumstances responsible for the individual's fall. They steadily developed their work along the lines of self-help, self-management, self-support, for one of their great underlying principles is that the individual must cooperate in order to bring about his own moral and physical redemption." -Theodore Roosevelt TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface Introduction CHAPTER I The Salvation Army Industrial Department CHAPTER II The Salvation Army Hotels and Lodging Houses CHAPTER III The Farm Colonies of the Salvation Army CHAPTER IV The Salvation Army Slum Department CHAPTER V The Salvation Army Rescue Department CHAPTER VI Some Minor Features of the Salvation Army Social Work CHAPTER VII Conclusion

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Faith-based organizations continue to play a significant role in the provision of social work services in many countries but their role within the welfare state is often contested. This text explores their various roles and relationships to social work practice, includes examples from different countries and a range of religious traditions and identifies challenges and opportunities for the sector. Social Work and Faith-based Organizations discusses issues such as the relationship between faith-based organizations and the state, working with an organization’s stakeholders, ethical practice and dilemmas, and faith-based organizations as employers. It also addresses areas of debate and controversy, such as providing services within and for multi-faith communities and tensions between professional codes of ethics and religious doctrine. Accessibly written by a well-known social work educator, it is illustrated by numerous case studies from a range of countries including Australia, the UK and the US. Suitable for social work students taking community or administration courses or undertaking placements in faith-based organizations, this innovative book is also a valuable resource for managers and religious personnel who are responsible for the operation of faith-based agencies.