International Development Policy: Religion and Development

✍ Scribed by Gilles Carbonnier, Moncef Kartas, Kalinga Tudor Silva (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 233
• Series: International Development Policy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The rise of fundamentalist movements in major religions has forced decision-makers, development organizations and academics to turn their attention to its meaning for development. Global scholars and practitioners examine these issues and fundamentally question the secular-religious dichotomy in development discourse and practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Religion and Development: Reconsidering Secularism as the Norm....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Myth of Religious NGOs: Development Studies and the Return of Religion....Pages 9-30
Revisiting the Religious Revival in Development: A Critique of Philip Fountain....Pages 31-40
On Having Faith in the MDGs: A Response to Katherine Marshall....Pages 41-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Faith-Based Organisations, Development and the World Bank....Pages 49-64
The Perils of Entanglement: Bilateral Donors, Faith-Based Organisations and International Development....Pages 65-78
Religion as a Social Substitute for the State: Faith-Based Social Action in Twenty-First-Century Brazil....Pages 79-94
Transformational Development: World Vision South Africa’s Response to Poverty....Pages 95-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Catholic Doctrine of ‘Integral Human Development’ and its Influence on the International Development Community....Pages 115-127
‘Arab Spring’: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and Their Vision of Islamic Finance and the State....Pages 128-143
Religion: Alternatives To Technocratic And Neoliberal Development?....Pages 144-158
The Political Economy of Desire in Ritual and Activism in Sri Lanka....Pages 159-173
Using Religious Capital to Alleviate Poverty? A Case Study of Cross-border Migration in South China....Pages 174-191
Convictions Beyond the Bomb: Interplays Between Violence, Religion and Development in Sri Lanka....Pages 192-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Reflections on the Role of Religion and Faith in Development Discourse and Practice....Pages 209-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-224

✦ Subjects

Social Aspects of Religion; Sociology of Religion; Development Studies; Development Policy; Poverty, Aid and Development; Religion and Society