Review of Peter J. Wosh, Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-based Charity
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Copyright Sage 2005. Reprinted from Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 3, 2005, pages 407-409.
Abstract
In Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-Based Charity, Peter Wosh provides us with a modern historical review of one of the most famous, and infamous, faith-based social service agencies. Covenant House is the creation of Bruce Ritter, a Franciscan friar who witnessed the growth of youth runaways in New York and established a network of local as well as national and international semifranchised agencies to help them. The case study of Covenant House contains almost everything for which a nonprofit scholar can ask: the formation of a successful nonprofit organization (NPO), an analysis of growth, charismatic leadership, expansion, crisis and demise of the founder, rebirth, and recovery. Of the many cases I have read throughout the years, this one is by far the most extensive and carefully crafted.
Suggested Citation
Ram A. Cnaan. "Review of Peter J. Wosh, Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-based Charity" Departmental Papers (SPP) (2005).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ram_cnaan/2
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