Religious social action and its organizational profiles

Ángel Belzunegui-Eraso; David Duenas Cid; Inma Pastor-Gosálbez

doi:10.1108/joe-04-2018-0025

Religious social action and its organizational profiles

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Purpose Social action implemented by the Church via its affiliated entities, foundations and associations may be viewed as a uniform activity. In reality, however, several organizational profiles exist that depend on the origin of these organizations (lay or religious), the scope of their activities (local or general) and their dependence on resources (whether from public administration or civil society). The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors examine this diversity based on a 2015 study of every Catholic Church social organization with headquarters in Catalonia. For the study, the authors conducted a detailed analysis of these organizations in order to determine their nature, scope and structure. The methodology combined questionnaire, interviews and non-participant observation. Findings The social actions of these organizations lead to interesting debates, such as those on: charity/assistentialism vs social justice; professionalization vs voluntarism; and personal autonomy vs functional dependence resulting from the action. This study also highlights how important it is that Church organizations carry out social actions to generate social welfare in the welfare states of southern European countries. Originality/value It is the first time that a study of the social impact of the church and its organizational implications in Spain has been made.

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Ángel Belzunegui-Eraso
David Duenas Cid dr hab.
- Tallin University of Technology
Inma Pastor-Gosálbez

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography no. 8, pages 95 - 108,
ISSN: 2046-6749

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English

Publication year:

2019

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Belzunegui-Eraso Á., Duenas Cid D.: Religious social action and its organizational profiles// Journal of Organizational Ethnography -,iss. 8/1 (2019), s.95-108

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