Biblical guidance for Christian public administraors seeking to integrate their faith and work
"From his opening argument that Daniel was a God-honoring public administrator in Babylon (of all places!) to his closing allusion to the 'fourth man' in the fiery furnace, Horne shows that Christian faith-work integration is worthy of careful attention and deliberate effort. Horne’s work is careful (and lavish) in its use of Scripture, clearly written, and theologically serious."
Motivated by indignation over the exorbitant prices of other textbooks and a desire to demystify the subject for students, this textbook teaches the fundamentals of social science research methods in an easy-to-read, somewhat interesting, succinct, and inexpensive (or free!) manner.
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Christopher S. Horne is the Dalton Roberts Professor of Public Administration at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he serves as Political Science and Public Service Department Head and teaches in the Master of Public Administration program. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Georgia Tech and Georgia State University’s joint program, a Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies from Belhaven University, a Master of Science in Social Work from University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Berry College. His research, mostly about the relationships between government and the nonprofit sector, has been published in Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Evaluation Review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, Journal for Nonprofit Management, Journal of Public Affairs Education, International Journal of Public Administration, and Administration and Society. Dr. Horne also has extensive experience as a program evaluation consultant for government and nonprofit agencies. He lives in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, attempting to track, with his wife, the blur of the comings and goings of their four adult and near-adult children. He and his family are members of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church, where he serves in the children’s ministry.