Handbook of Research on Development and Religion

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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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 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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Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-31
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9780857933560

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Edited by Matthew Clarke, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Researcher Development and Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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Contents:1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and DevelopmentMatthew ClarkePART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT2. Islam as Aid and DevelopmentPeter Riddell3. Buddhism and DevelopmentEmma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey4. Christianity and International DevelopmentSéverine Deneulin5. Judaism – A Cry for JusticeMatthew Clarke6. Hinduism and DevelopmentA. Whitney Sanford7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match?Darshan S. Tatla8. Daoism and DevelopmentJames Miller9. ConfucianismXiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional ReligionNamawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal ReformationMatthew SharpePART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION13. Gender, Religion and Development Emma Tomalin 14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment NexusCynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere15. Corruption, Religion and Moral DevelopmentHeather Marquette16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform Masooda Bano17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in DevelopmentShawn Teresa Flanigan18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions John Rees19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty AlleviationAimatul Yumina20. Religion and Post-Disaster DevelopmentIsmet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space DevelopmentYamini Narayanan 22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia Jonathan Sweet and Jo WillsPART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and DevelopmentMichael Jennings24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah StateBruno De Cordier25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based OrganizationsGerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor26. Mission, Missionaries and DevelopmentSteve Bradbury27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East AsiaVicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant BuchananPART IV: CASE STUDIES28. Religion, Development and Politics in NigeriaInsa Nolte29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010Rowan Ireland30. FBOs in TanzaniaMichael Jennings31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with ReligionJane Anderson32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, TajikistanBruno De Cordier33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in AfghanistanJames Astley Connell34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOsLindsay Rae and Matthew ClarkeIndex