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President Joe Biden on Sunday ordered the recreation of a White House office intended to promote partnerships between religious and secular groups to address several key issues.
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will seek to address the coronavirus pandemic, combat systemic racism, increase opportunity, advance global humanitarian work and strengthen pluralism, according to Biden’s executive order.
“As our country grapples with a global pandemic, a severe economic downturn, the scourge of systemic racism, an escalating climate crisis and profound polarization, President Biden knows that civil society partnerships are essential to meeting such challenges,” the White House said in a statement Sunday.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(RNS) As the Biden-Harris administration takes shape, there is an opportunity to gather people of diverse religious traditions to work in partnership with the federal government in areas that advance the common good. Amid a pandemic and growing poverty, the need for partnership has never been clearer.
To begin that work, the new administration will need to make a priority of reestablishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, an office effectively eliminated by the Trump administration.
George W. Bush first established a version of the faith-based office in 2001. But while the office was used to promote partnerships with faith groups, critics asserted that it was also used to funnel grants to organizations led by individuals who would advance Bush’s political agenda. Those critics included the first director
Biden should reestablish the faith-based office
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have the opportunity to reengage with America’s diverse faith community. President-elect Joe Biden speaks on Dec. 14, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, after the Electoral College formally elected him as president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
December 16, 2020
(RNS) As the Biden-Harris administration takes shape, there is an opportunity to gather people of diverse religious traditions to work in partnership with the federal government in areas that advance the common good. Amid a pandemic and growing poverty, the need for partnership has never been clearer.
To begin that work, the new administration will need to make a priority of reestablishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, an office effectively eliminated by the Trump administration.