With eighty percent of the world's population professing religious
faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This
fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together
state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into
development studies literature and research. The expert
contributors illustrate that as religious identity is integral to a
community's culture, exclusion of religious consideration will
limit successful development interventions; it is therefore
necessary to conflate religion and development to enhance efforts
to improve the lives of the poor. Issues addressed include: key
tenets, beliefs and histories of religions; religious response to
development concerns (gender, environment, education, microfinance,
humanitarian assistance); and the role of faith based organizations
and missionaries in the wider development context. Practical case
studies of countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and the Pacific
(including Australia) underpin the research, providing evidence
that the intersection between religion and development is neither
new nor static. By way of conclusion, suggestions are prescribed
for extensive further research in order to advance understanding of
this nascent field. This path-breaking Handbook will prove a
thought-provoking and stimulating reference tool for academics,
researchers and students in international development,
international relations, comparative religion and theology.
Contributors: N.A. Alolo, J. Anderson, M. Bano, L. Bi, S. Bradbury,
G. Buchanan, M. Clarke, J.A. Connell, B. De Cordier, S. Deneulin,
I. Fanany, R. Fanany, X. Fang, S.T. Flanigan, F. Helmiere, G.
Hoffstaedter, R. Ireland, M. Jennings, H. Marquette, J. Miller, C.
Moe-Lobeda, Y. Narayanan, I. Nolte, L. Rae, J. Rees, P. Riddell,
A.W. Sanford, M. Sharpe, C. Starkey, J. Sweet, D.S. Tatla, D.
Tittensor, E. Tomalin, A. Ware, V.-A. Ware, J. Wills, A. Yumina
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