Expanding Administrative Presidency: George W. Bush And the Faith-based Initiative

Documents the Bush Admin. (BA) use of its executive powers to widely implement the Faith-Based Initiative (FBI) throughout the Fed. gov't. Examines the steps taken to promote & implement the FBI since it was first introduced in Jan. 2001. Details changes in Fed. rules, bureaucracies, funding, & public outreach advanced by the BA to increase partnerships with faith-based groups to provide a vast array of human serv. Supporters hail these moves as a way of ending the exclusion of certain religious groups from public programs & widening the choice of providers. Critics question whether efforts to remove barriers facing faith-based org. have also weakened long-standing walls banning religious groups from mixing spiritual activities with their secular services.Farris, Anne is the author of 'Expanding Administrative Presidency: George W. Bush And the Faith-based Initiative', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756744908 and ISBN 0756744903.