In God\u2019s Economy, Lew Daly has written perhaps the most complete chronicle of the legal and policy foundations of former President George W. Bush\u2019s Faith-Based Initiative. Eschewing polarizing diatribe for rigorous historical scholarship, he provides deep insights into the Catholic and Dutch Reformed philosophies that guided the initiative, and puts forth a plausible framework for future faith-based policy. But like the Faith-Based Initiative itself, God\u2019s Economy is driven by a deep faith in the superior efficacy of religious transformative services\u2014and there is simply very little evidence to justify that faith. There are no scientifically valid studies\u2014none whatsoever\u2014showing that faith-based social service providers are more effective than their secular counterparts. That includes the works of conservative scholar Stephen Monsma, which form the empirical foundation for God\u2019s Economy and have been lauded as a validation of the Faith-Based Initiative. It is Daly\u2019s reliance on such ideologically driven research that ultimately bankrupts God\u2019s Economy, which lacks a realistic grasp of how social services actually operate in America\u2019s approximately 19,000 cities and 3,000 counties. It is an analysis conducted by aerial reconnaissance with little verification from facts on the ground, and as such, it is unlikely to have much of an impact on those\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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