Religiously inspired solidarity in theory and practice: Catholic poverty organisations, the formation of social assistants and the welfare state (1945-2000) KU Leuven
The PhD studies the changing interaction between religiously inspired forms of social theory and social solidarity on the one hand, and the welfare state and its institutionalised mechanisms of social support on the other. Empirical historical research will focus on two pillars: (1) the discourses, strategies and practices of religiously inspired support organisations and (2) the intellectual formation of social assistants within Catholic ...