摘要：This book is about the Bush administration¡¯s sometimes
controversial faith-based initiative (introduced in 2001). This was
viewed as a next stage in the ¡°war on poverty¡± but was sometimes mired
in controversies about church-state relations and the vagaries of politics.
The author tries to take the ideas behind faith-based initiatives seriously
and discusses the development of ideas about the perceived proper
relationship between church and state over time. This well-written, short
book about faith-based initiatives, as the publisher¡¯s book blurb states,
¡°gives us a new starting point in the evolving conversation about religion
and American government.¡±
