PSCI240 - RELIGION & US PUBLIC POL

Status
C
Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
PSCI240 - RELIGION & US PUBLIC POL
Term
2011A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
401
Section ID
PSCI240401
Meeting times
W 0200PM-0500PM
Instructors
DIIULIO, JOHN J.
Description
This seminar introduces students to the nation's trillion-dollar tax-exempt sector with a focus on religious nonprofit organizations including congregations and other so-called faith-based institutions. Among the topics it explores are new and old questions surrounding church-state relations, the role of relgion in American politics, empirical "faith factor" research, and attempts to estimate the social costs and benefits associated with diverse religious nonprofit organizations.
Course number only
240
Use local description
No