Religiously Inspired Solidarity in Corporatist Welfare Regimes

Bert De Munck is a full Professor at the History Department at the University of Antwerp.Patrick Loobuyck is a full professor of religious studies, ethics, and philosophy at the Centre Pieter Gillis of the University of Antwerp.Stijn Oosterlynck is a full professor of urban sociology at the University of Antwerp. He is a co-editor of The City as Global Political Actor (2019) and Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion (2019).

• Chapter 1: Rearticulating Catholicism and Solidarity in Historical and Post-secular Contexts An Introduction.- Chapter 2: Sanctifying Solidarity The Belgian Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and the Catholic ReFraming of Social Aid (1840–1940).- Chapter 3:  From Categorical to Structural Aid Catholic Responses to Poverty and Migration in Brussels (1960s–1980s).- Chapter 4:  Faith-Based Organizations A Cornerstone of French Social Aid (Late 19th – Early 21st Centuries).- Chapter 5: In-between Secularisation and Religious Revival The Self-Perception of Belgian Missionaries in Congo in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.- Chapter 6: Beyond Postsecular Rapprochement Five Patterns of Secular-Evangelical Interaction in the Flemish Welfare Regime.- Chapter 7: Embodying Solidarity in Crisis Times Insights from the Philippines’ Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 8: The Political Dimension of Catholic Social Teaching A Dialogical Public Theology of Migration from Leo XIII to the Age of Populism.- Chapter 9: Humanitarian Corridors Christian Churches and De-bordering Solidarity towards Refugees.- Chapter 10: Re imagining solidarity for a postsecular and post corporatist era  emerging lexicons and modalities.- Chapter 11: Transforming Welfare Regimes and Rethinking Solidarity: The Position of Religiously Inspired Solidarity Initiatives.