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Handbook of Research on Development and Religion
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. 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.
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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.
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 organisations 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.
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 organisations 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
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
Contents
Contents:
1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and Development
Matthew Clarke
PART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT
2. Islam as Aid and Development
Peter Riddell
3. Buddhism and Development
Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey
4. Christianity and International Development
Séverine Deneulin
5. Judaism – A Cry for Justice
Matthew Clarke
6. Hinduism and Development
A. Whitney Sanford
7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match?
Darshan S. Tatla
8. Daoism and Development
James Miller
9. Confucianism
Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi
10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional Religion
Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell
11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal Reformation
Matthew Sharpe
PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION
13. Gender, Religion and Development
Emma Tomalin
14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment Nexus
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere
15. Corruption, Religion and Moral Development
Heather Marquette
16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform
Masooda Bano
17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Development
Shawn Teresa Flanigan
18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions
John Rees
19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty Alleviation
Aimatul Yumina
20. Religion and Post-Disaster Development
Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany
21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space Development
Yamini Narayanan
22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia
Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills
PART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION
23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and Development
Michael Jennings
24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State
Bruno De Cordier
25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based Organizations
Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor
26. Mission, Missionaries and Development
Steve Bradbury
27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East Asia
Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan
PART IV: CASE STUDIES
28. Religion, Development and Politics in Nigeria
Insa Nolte
29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010
Rowan Ireland
30. FBOs in Tanzania
Michael Jennings
31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with Religion
Jane Anderson
32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan
Bruno De Cordier
33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in Afghanistan
James Astley Connell
34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOs
Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke
Index
1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and Development
Matthew Clarke
PART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT
2. Islam as Aid and Development
Peter Riddell
3. Buddhism and Development
Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey
4. Christianity and International Development
Séverine Deneulin
5. Judaism – A Cry for Justice
Matthew Clarke
6. Hinduism and Development
A. Whitney Sanford
7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match?
Darshan S. Tatla
8. Daoism and Development
James Miller
9. Confucianism
Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi
10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional Religion
Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell
11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal Reformation
Matthew Sharpe
PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION
13. Gender, Religion and Development
Emma Tomalin
14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment Nexus
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere
15. Corruption, Religion and Moral Development
Heather Marquette
16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform
Masooda Bano
17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Development
Shawn Teresa Flanigan
18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions
John Rees
19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty Alleviation
Aimatul Yumina
20. Religion and Post-Disaster Development
Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany
21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space Development
Yamini Narayanan
22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia
Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills
PART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION
23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and Development
Michael Jennings
24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State
Bruno De Cordier
25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based Organizations
Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor
26. Mission, Missionaries and Development
Steve Bradbury
27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East Asia
Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan
PART IV: CASE STUDIES
28. Religion, Development and Politics in Nigeria
Insa Nolte
29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010
Rowan Ireland
30. FBOs in Tanzania
Michael Jennings
31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with Religion
Jane Anderson
32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan
Bruno De Cordier
33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in Afghanistan
James Astley Connell
34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOs
Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke
Index
