Hien, Josef - In: Religion and Politics 10 (2017) 3, pp. 515-542
Over one million people work for a faith-based welfare provider in Germany. Caritas and Diakonie, the largest faith …-based welfare provision. This study traces the evolution of church doctrine and its impact on the care and employment practices of … faith-based welfare providers in Germany from the 1950s to the present. It argues that the conservative ideology of these …