Contours of a research programme for the study of the relationship of religion and public administration
| Published date | 01 October 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/09520767241272897 |
| Author | Edoardo Ongaro,Michele Tantardini |
| Date | 01 October 2024 |
Special Issue: Religion as an explanatory factor in public administration:
Directions for research
Public Policy and Administration
2024, Vol. 39(4) 521–530
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Contours of a research
programme for the study of the
relationship of religion and
public administration
Edoardo Ongaro
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Michele Tantardini
Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA
Abstract
This is the introductory article to the special issue ‘Religion as an explanatory factor in
public administration: Directions for research’. We make the argument that religion
matters for understanding public administration, and that the manifold relationships
between religion and public administration deserve more systematic investigation. We
present and critically consider the papers of this special issue with the goal of delineating
the contours of a proposed research programme for advancing the study of the rela-
tionships between religion and public administration. We also notice the risks associated
with the study of the influence of religion on public administration, and we argue for an
ethics of responsibility in engaging with this important field of scholarly inquiry.
Keywords
Religion, faith, spirituality, public administration, research programme
Introduction
This special issue makes the argument that religion matters for public administration
(hereafter: PA). It has been observed that ‘while the relationship of the religious to the
political has been given wide attention in the social sciences literature, there seems to be a
Corresponding author:
Michele Tantardini, Penn State Harrisburg, W-157 Olmsted 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057,
USA.
Email: mut98@psu.edu
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