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Development, civil society and faith-based organizations Bridging the sacred and the secular /

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned...

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Group Author: Clarke, Gerard, 1965; Jennings, Michael, 1971; Shaw, Timothy M., 1945
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: International political economy series
Subjects:
Economic development > Religious aspects
Faith-based human services > Management
Economic assistance
Economic assistance > Management
Religion and civil society
Religious institutions
International institutions
Politics and Government
Developing countries > Economic conditions
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230371262
Summary: This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned development policy and practice in the North.
'...it is difficult to know where to criticise this timely volume, which should be required reading for academics and practitioners alike.' Martin Rew, Development in Practice.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230020016, 2007.
Carrier Form: 304 p. : 0 ill.
Audience: Undergraduate.
ISBN: 9780230020016
9780230371262 :
0230371264 :
CLC: F114.4
Contents: Preface-- G.Carey Introduction-- G.Clarke & M.Jennings Faith-Based Organizations and International Development: An Overview-- G.Clarke Intelligent Design?: A Gender-Sensitive Interrogation of Religion and Development-- R.Pearson & E.Tomalin The Language of Development: What Are International Development Agencies Talking About?-- I.Linden The Spirit of Brotherhood: Christianity and Ujamaa in Tanzania-- M.Jennings Engaged Citizenship: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in the Post-Authoritarian Philippines-- A.Moreno FBOs and Change in the Context of Authoritarianism: T

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