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This book gives an in-depth analysis of the role of faith in the
work of Tearfund, a leading evangelical relief and development NGO
that works in over 50 countries worldwide. The study traces the
changing ways that faith has shaped and influenced Tearfund's work
over the organisation's 50-year history. It shows how Tearfund has
consciously grappled with the role of faith in its work and has
invested considerable time and energy in developing an
intentionally faith-based approach t relief and development that in
several ways is quite different to the approaches of secular relief
and development NGOs. The book charts the different perspectives
and possibilities that were not taken and the internal discussions
about theology, development practices, and humanitarian standards
that took place as Tearfund worked out for itself what it meant to
be a faith-based relief and development organisation. There is a
growing academic literature about religion and development, as well
as increasing interest from development ministries of many Northern
governments in understanding the role of religion in development
and the specific challenges and benefits involved in working with
faith-based organisations. However, there are very few studies of
actual faith-based organisations and no book-length detailed
studies showing how such an organisation operates in practice and
how it integrates its faith into its work. In documenting the story
of Tearfund, the book provides important insights into the practice
and ethos of faith-based organisations, which will be of interest
to other FBOs and to researchers of religion and development.
The expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have
delivered economic integration between countries and brought global
inter-connectedness to individuals. So why do so many people now
feel that they are 'citizens of nowhere', disparaged by the
'cosmopolitan elites'? Has democracy and the power of nation states
been irredeemably weakened by unfettered global finance, opaque
forms of global governance, and the power of transnational
corporations? Can the huge rise in social and economic inequality
be reversed? Can diverse cultural expression be maintained in a
globalizing world? In the context of the current nationalist
backlash and the momentous impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this
thought-provoking volume considers whether globalization is dead or
whether it will survive, and perhaps transform. Written in a clear
and engaging style, the volume traces the development of economic
globalization starting from the first wave of colonialization in
the 15th century, through the first period of globalization at the
end of the 19th century, and up to the contemporary period of
globalization that started in the 1980s and appears today to be
teetering on the brink of collapse. It explores the impacts of
globalization on today's world, from global supply chains and tax
havens to rising economic inequality, climate change and pandemics,
and assesses the different impacts on rich and poor countries, and
on the rich and poor within countries. It then reviews the growing
anti-globalization sentiment, starting from the anti-IMF protests
that raged through developing countries in the 1980s and 1990s, to
the emergence of the transnational anti-globalization movement of
the 2000s, to more recent uprisings such as the Arab Spring, The
Occupy Movement, the Gilets Jaunes, and to the current populist
nationalist backlash led by President Trump and embodied in the
2016 Brexit vote. Sensing that globalization has reached a tipping
point, the book considers a range of possible scenarios for the
future world order, including nationalism, authoritarianism and
democratic globalism. Finally, it explores whether globalization
can be democratized in a world in which effective and inclusive
global governance is crucial to solving global problems, such as
tackling climate change, controlling global pandemics and upholding
universal human rights.
In a rural community in Southern Ethiopia, there are two types of
rituals performed by the same people. Historical evidence suggests
that one has shown remarkable stability over the years, while the
other has undergone massive transformations. External factors are
the same, so how is this to be explained? In this 2002 book, Dena
Freeman focuses on ethnographical and historical data from the Gamo
Highlands of Southern Ethiopia to tackle the question of cultural
change and transformation. She uses a comparative perspective and
contrasts the continuity in sacrificial rituals with the rapid
divergence and differentiation in initiations. Freeman argues that
although external change drives internal cultural transformation,
the way in which it does is greatly influenced by the structural
organization of the cultural systems themselves. This insight leads
to a rethinking of the analytic tension between structure and
agency that is at the heart of contemporary anthropological theory.
There are two types of rituals performed by the same people in a rural community in Southern Ethiopia. One appears to be remarkably stable, while the other has undergone massive transformations over the years. Focusing on new ethnographical and historical data from the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Dena Freeman analyzes these rituals and provides fascinating insight into the cultural transformations of a little-known region of the world.
This book gives an in-depth analysis of the role of faith in the
work of Tearfund, a leading evangelical relief and development NGO
that works in over 50 countries worldwide. The study traces the
changing ways that faith has shaped and influenced Tearfund's work
over the organisation's 50-year history. It shows how Tearfund has
consciously grappled with the role of faith in its work and has
invested considerable time and energy in developing an
intentionally faith-based approach t relief and development that in
several ways is quite different to the approaches of secular relief
and development NGOs. The book charts the different perspectives
and possibilities that were not taken and the internal discussions
about theology, development practices, and humanitarian standards
that took place as Tearfund worked out for itself what it meant to
be a faith-based relief and development organisation. There is a
growing academic literature about religion and development, as well
as increasing interest from development ministries of many Northern
governments in understanding the role of religion in development
and the specific challenges and benefits involved in working with
faith-based organisations. However, there are very few studies of
actual faith-based organisations and no book-length detailed
studies showing how such an organisation operates in practice and
how it integrates its faith into its work. In documenting the story
of Tearfund, the book provides important insights into the practice
and ethos of faith-based organisations, which will be of interest
to other FBOs and to researchers of religion and development.
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