Traditional interpretations of homelessness focus on people living on the streets or in
shelters. However, homelessness encompasses many more living situations. This article …

This article brings to a conclusion the series of three special sections published in 2015 and
2016 by Religion, State and Society on 'Religion and local politics in southern Europe'. We …

This contribution examines divergent trajectories of religious governance in Madrid and
Barcelona, two cities that have pursued distinct approaches to accommodating religious …

Spanish society was severely affected by the post-2008 economic recession. The country's
political institutions were faced with a major crisis of legitimacy that gave birth to new social …

Many faith-based organisations (FBOs) provide social work services to marginalised groups
in need of care such as people who use drugs (PWUD), but little is known about how …

In 2020 in Belgium the coronavirus crisis generated a widespread solidarity between the
housed and the homeless. This paper adopts a policy assemblage approach to investigate …

This chapter focuses on the role of religious (ie, Catholic) actors in the social economy and
welfare at the local level to stress the discrete, but effective, and not necessarily conflictive …

This thesis presents a research regarding the sense of belonging of residents of Oudega
(municipality of Smallingerland) and the role that the church has in influencing this sense …

Studying the overlaps between religion and politics in human geography is no longer a
niche pursuit. Now, a plethora of literature in the discipline covers various facets of the topic …

The main objective of this study is to examine faith-based welfare provision in Konya from a
gender perspective. FBOs' assumptions and ideology about the nature of women's poverty …