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the religious roots of modern poverty policy: catholic, lutheran, and reformed protestant traditions compared

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: this paper shows that religion is a basic principle that underlies modern poverty policy. however, it has played out in very different ways in societies according to the relative predominance of catholic, lutheran, and calvinist heritages. though religion is but one explanation for why we deal with the poor as we do today, systematically accounting for denominational differences in poor relief traditions can help to answer a series of otherwise perplexing cross-national differences in poverty policy and enrich existing explanations of the welfare state.

Source: European Journal of Sociology

DOI: 10.1017/s0003975605000044

Author: sigrun kahl

Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Language: English

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2129779896

FWCI: 9.836

Cites: 19

Cited by: 252

Related to: 10