...The conclusion summarizes the findings of the unique contributions that faith leaders and organizations make to the movement for immigrant rights as well as the unique obstacles to doing faith-based immigrant rights work. The primary advantages that faith-based organizations offer are (1) the power...

... formation, few are very specific in regard to mental health issues. A review of the literature highlights how little attention has been given to this subject. Case studies are presented that illustrate the complexity of the role of the faith leader in ethical dilemmas and suggest the need for more attention...

..., librarians and faith leaders have an important element of health promotion in their jobs. Health promotion specialists have to work with all these professions. References 1 Department of Health. Report of the Chief Medical Officer’s Project to Strengthen the Public Health Function. London: Department...

...) educating faith leaders, and (3) direct educational service provision. The chapter explores the unique advantages of each model as well as the primary obstacles in educating constituents. base communities Rios Rev Toña Romero Oscar Sanctuary Movement Welcoming Congregations Initiative United Methodist...

... engaging with the scriptures. Faith leaders are often left out of processes working towards the enhancement of SRHR, with much of the discourse developing from the religious sector characterised in entrenched heteropatriarchal understandings of gender, sexuality and reproduction. This chapter is concerned...

... faith leaders in countries receiving refugees, the involvement of refugee faith leaders in relief assistance has remained overshadowed. This chapter is based on the author’s fieldwork with Syrian refugee faith leaders in Lebanon between 2018 and 2019, some of whom subsequently relocated to Turkey...