Congregations and
other religious organizations often see religious education as an extension of their ministry and therefore, subsidize these schools, making them appear more affordable than other private, nonreligious schools.
Not exact matches
Although there are many
religious folk with good intentions — some selflessly helping
others, religions and
religious organizations are, as a whole, just big old clubs — each trying to out do each
other and inspiring hate and division (
often disguised as love) along the way.
On the
other hand, the concern among
religious organizations for a responsible society
often is articulated ineffectively owing to limited resources and to the diffuse results of piecemeal efforts at «social - action» projects.
At the same time interfaith
organizations,
often initially viewed with suspicion by
religious leaders, have encouraged people of different religions to meet and get to know each
other, in the hope that they can work together for peace and to uphold moral values.
The blatant hypocrisy of these
religious and quasi-
religious organizations, that want to impose rules and laws on
other industries they don't
often want applied to themselves and who benefit from a number of labor law and tax «exclusions» is fully detailed in the excellent 5 part series «In God's Name» by Diana B. Henriques that ran in October of 2006 in the New York Times:
The magazine can be especially helpful if you're trying to get a handle on
religious schools, which
often receive accreditation from
organizations other than CAIS.
A lawyer is
often involved in a non-legal setting where contact is made with the media about publicizing such things as fund - raising, expansion of hospitals or universities, programs of public institutions or political
organizations, or in acting as a spokesperson for
organizations that, in turn, represent particular racial,
religious, or
other special interest groups.