Abstract
Today in Moscow live thousands homeless people. Government programs can not satisfy all needs of them. In this situation religious organizations (mostly Russian Orthodox church) have built a network of different help-points: free cafes, distribution of clothes, consultations about recovery of official documents. Every organization arise own strategies of aid, based on ideas from Christian theology, history of Church, theoretical approaches of social work. As a result, several organizations realize completely different work, but according to their self-representation, they believe that their strategy is Christian, unlike the rest. In the presentation will be described that strategies with their bases and consequences that they have for the whole situation with homeless people in Moscow.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Religious Community and Socialization
KEYWORDS
Social Work, Homeless, Orthodox Church
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