Religion Development

Author : Gerrie ter Haar,James D. Wolfensohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 1849041407

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Religion and Development by Gerrie ter Haar,James D. Wolfensohn Pdf

Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that this rarely happens in fact. People in most countries continue to look at the world through the prism of religion even when they develop modern lifestyles. Religion and Development looks at the ways in which a religious worldview influences processes of development. Its great originality is that it does not concentrate primarily on religious institutions and organisations but on religious ideas themselves. In the final resort, it is people's ideas that motivate them. Their worldview stimulates them to act in specific ways. Religion is a dimension of life that often lies behind qualities such as social trust and cohesion that are vital to development. This is of growing importance in a world where technocratic visions of development have lost their way. For communities where religious belief is accepted as a fact of everyday life, religion constitutes a major resource. It can be employed by people who want to destroy society as well as those who want to build it. The contributors to this book explore how religious resources can be harnessed for development. Many of the world's people believe that the material advancement of both individuals and communities is inseparable from their spiritual improvement. The essays in this volume take this point of view seriously.

Author : Matthew Clarke
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857930736

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Development and Religion by Matthew Clarke Pdf

Development and Religion explores how the world s five major religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam understand and practice development through an examination of their sacred texts, social teaching and basic beliefs. Religious belief is a common human characteristic with eighty percent of the world s population professing religious faith. Observable in all societies, religious belief is pervasive, profound, persuasive and persistent. The premise of this book is that despite this, religion has long been ignored within mainstream development paradigms and by development practitioners (both locally and at the international level) resulting in sub-optimal development outcomes. Matthew Clarke argues that each religion offers useful insights into various issues concerning development that should be considered by donors, NGOs, and others seeking to improve the lives of the poor. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, religious studies and theology will gratefully welcome this highly regarded book.

Author : Courtney Work
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789207736

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Tides of Empire by Courtney Work Pdf

At the forested edge of Cambodia’s development frontier, the infrastructures of global development engulf the land and existing social practices like an incoming tide. Cambodia’s distinctive history of imperial surge and rupture makes it easier to see the remains of earlier tides, which are embedded in the physical landscape, and also floating about in the solidifying boundaries of religious, economic, and political classifications. Using stories from the hybrid population of settler-farmers, loggers, and soldiers, all cutting new social realities from the water and the land, this book illuminates the contradictions and continuities in what the author suggests is the final tide of empire.

Author : Séverine Deneulin
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848137684

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Religion in Development by Séverine Deneulin Pdf

Development practice is full of examples of the importance of religion in the lives of people in developing countries. However, religion has largely remained unexplored in development studies. This timely new book aims to fill that gap. The authors expertly review how religion has been treated in the evolution of development thought, how it has been conceptualised in the social sciences, and highlights the major deficiencies of the assumption of secularism. The book argues that development theory and practice needs to rewrite its dominant script regarding its treatment of religion, a script which has so far been heavily inscribed in the secular tradition. It puts forward an understanding of religions as traditions: that religions rest on central thesis and teachings which never cease to be re-interpreted in the light of the social, political and historical context. In addition to providing a conceptual framework for analysing the role of religion in development, the book provides numerous empirical examples drawn from the Christian and Islamic religious traditions. This comprehensive new guide to this key issue is essential for students, development thinkers and practitioners who wish to understand better the role that religion plays in development processes and outcomes.

Author : J. Haynes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230589568

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Religion and Development by J. Haynes Pdf

Jeffrey Haynes adopts a chronological and conceptual approach to introduce students to the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of religion and development in the developing world, focusing on key themes including environmental sustainability, health and education.

Author : Arnhild Leer-Helgesen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429688416

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Negotiating Religion and Development by Arnhild Leer-Helgesen Pdf

This book argues that relationships between religion and development in faith-based development work are constructed through repeated processes of negotiation. Rather than being a neat and tidy relationship, faith-based development work is complex and multifaceted: an ongoing series of negotiations between theological interpretations and theories of human development; between identities as professional practitioners and as believers; between different religious traditions at local, regional and international levels; and between institutional structures and individual agency. In particular, the book draws on a deep ethnographic study of Christian faith-based development work in the Bolivian Andes. The case study highlights the importance of seeing theological interpretations as being firmly embedded in local religious and cultural systems involved in a constant process of identity construction. Overall, the book argues that religion should not be seen as homogeneous, or either 'good' or 'bad' for development; instead, we must recognise that institutional faith-based identities are constructed in many ways, formal, theological and interpersonal, and any tensions between ‘religious’ and ‘development’ goals must be worked through in an ongoing recognition of that complexity. This book will be of interest to researchers working in development studies and religious studies, as well as to practitioners and policymakers with an interest in faith-based development work.

Author : Emma Tomalin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136827488

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Religions and Development by Emma Tomalin Pdf

The text will present, explain and critically evaluate different sorts of literature from a range of disciplines that are relevant to thinking about the relationships between religions and development. It provides insight into a comprehensive range of approaches to guide readers through current debates about the role that religions play in development – from positive contributions to more complicated and contested notions of impact, for instance, in terms of religiously inspired violence or gender inequality.

Author : Gerrie ter Haar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 0231702523

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Religion and Development by Gerrie ter Haar Pdf

For years, academics and policy makers have claimed that economic progress would lead to a less religious world. Yet in practice, the very opposite has seemed to be true. Despite impressive advances in business and technology, citizens continue to hold strongly to their faiths, viewing the world through the prism of religious ideology even as they live increasingly modern lives. Religion and Development explores the enduring relationship between religion and economic development, focusing less on religious institutions and more on the ideas of religion. For certain people, religion exists as a separate dimension of life, often operating behind or in conjunction with drivers of development. Contributors argue that religious ideas are what motivate citizens to act and that adhering to a religious worldview results in specific outcomes. They particularly address the failure of technocratic visions of development to respond to the issues of everyday life. Exploring ways to harness religious resources for development, they also debate the belief that material advancement of individuals and communities is inseparable from spiritual improvement.

Author : Stephen Beauregard Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11617290

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The Religious Development in the Province of North Carolina by Stephen Beauregard Weeks Pdf

Author : Atalia Omer,R. Scott Appleby,David Little
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199731640

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding by Atalia Omer,R. Scott Appleby,David Little Pdf

This title provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Extending that inquiry beyond its traditional parameters, the volume explores the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism, and liberalism. While featuring case studies from diverse contexts and traditions, the volume is organised thematically.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Mental health
ISBN : UCR:31210023565813

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Religion and Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Felicity B. Kelcourse
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780827214958

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Human Development and Faith (Second Edition) by Felicity B. Kelcourse Pdf

This book, now in its second edition, brings together the best available understandings of human development from a multidisciplinary perspective. Uniquely inclusive of the moral and faith dimensions of context and life-cycle development, Human Development and Faith examines the interplay of mind, body, family, community, and soul at every stage of development. It addresses two central questions: What are the "good-enough" conditions of parenting, family, and community in each phase of life, from birth to death, that support growth and development? What gives life adequate meaning as development proceeds? If human development describes the normative and hoped-for passages of life, then faith provides the necessary component of meaning. Throughout the various perspectives offered in this volume is the premise that faith is that quality of living that makes it possible to fully live.The Journal of Pastoral Theology called the first edition of Human Development and Faith "an excellent text for pastoral theology courses, because it fulfills its ambitious goal of bringing a holistic faith perspective to the usual topics of development." This second edition includes a new chapter on infancy, updates reflecting our growing awareness of cultural diversity, and a new preface.

Author : Ananta Kumar Giri,Anton van Harskamp,Oscar Salemink
Publisher : Eburon Academic Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Applied anthropology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122161586

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The Development of Religion, the Religion of Development by Ananta Kumar Giri,Anton van Harskamp,Oscar Salemink Pdf

Development is a key concept for thinking about the global relations between nations, in particular between North and South. But what exactly does it entail and in which forms do development practices manifest themselves? Are we dealing with aid or with co-operation, or perhaps with encounter? And which motives, philosophies of life and ideas about the course of nations and other human communities are lurking behind the programs of actual development? Why has the concept become so popular, that it seems to have become a substitute for the concept of history? Could it be that development programs which are usually rationally conceived, evaluated and managed, betray hegemonic practices, despite the good intentions of donor nations and development agencies? Or are development programs aiming at integration of the South into a global market? If so, could it be that the belief in development is some kind of a secular, quasi-religious view on the ways nations and people must develop? We know after all that religion often is a motivating source for many people involved in development practices. These questions are addressed in short essays by eminent experts in the fields of development studies, cultural anthropology, development policy and social philosophy. They critically analyse the discourses used in development practices. The ultimate focus of the essays is on the ways in which political and development agencies deal with morality, religion and spirituality. The authors come from Great Britain, India, Indonesia and the Netherlands. This volume will be attractive to those working in the fields of development cooperation, missionary work and faith-based international solidarity. Book jacket.

Author : Kenneth Mtata
Publisher : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783374038640

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Religion: Help or Hindrance to Development? by Kenneth Mtata Pdf

The decline of religion in the Western world used to be regarded as a direct consequence of development, and it was assumed that this would also occur in the global South once the same levels of economic development had been reached. The current flourishing of religion in the global South and the increased awareness of its significance in the global North prove that religion continues to play a crucial role. In those contexts where religion frames reality, development cannot ignore religion. This collection of essays by scholars and development practitioners from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin and North America explores the fascinating interface between religion and development as well as the negative and positive potential of religion in development. With contributions by Karel Th. August, Michael Biehl, Carlos Bonilla, Theresa Carino, Andreas Heuser, Eberhard Hitzler, Lindora Howard-Diawara, Martin Junge, Rebecca Larson, Michael Martin, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele), Johnson Mbillah, Ambrose Moyo, Kenneth Mtata, Samuel Ngun Ling, Kjell Nordstokke, Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro, Claudia Warning abd Vítor Westhelle.

Author : Thomas Ndaluka,Frans Wijsen
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643905468

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Religion and State in Tanzania Revisited by Thomas Ndaluka,Frans Wijsen Pdf

This book looks at the relationship between religion and state in Tanzania as a feature of the Tanzanian social scene, from pre-colonial/colonial times to post-colonial times. It examines the changes in the character of religion and state relations, especially after independence, and the way these changes are experienced in different communities - particularly by African traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians. The book studies the nature of the relationship between religion and state, the way it is conceptualized and experienced, and the implications for the democratic aspirations of pluralist Tanzania. (Series: Interreligious Studies - Vol. 7) [Subject: History, African Studies, Religious Studies, Politics]