Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice
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Contributor(s)
Koehrsen, Jens (editor)
Heuser, Andreas (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on development. Examining the engagement of FBOs with contemporary politics of development, the contributions stress the agency of FBOs in diverse contexts of development policy, both local and global. It is emphasised that FBOs constitute boundary agents and developmental entrepreneurs: they move between different discursive fields such as national and international development discourses, theological discourses, and their specific religious constituencies. By combining influxes from these different contexts, FBOs generate unique perspectives on development: they express alternative views on development and stress particular approaches anchored in their theological social ethics. This book should be of interest to those researching FBOs and their interaction with international organizations, and to scholars working in the broader areas of religion and politics and politics and development.
Keywords
Young Men; Faith-based organisations; SOS Child’s Village; UNICEF Study; Global Development; UK Church; Religion; International Orthodox Christian Charities; RNGOs; Evidence Summit; Development policy; Development Entrepreneurs; Micah Challenge; Christian faith-based organizations; Faith Based Development Organisation; religious practice; developmental discourses; Humanitarian Aid; Basel Mission; Christian FBOs; Religious NGOs; Muslim FBOs; High Level Advisory Group; Integral MissionDOI
10.4324/9780429351211ISBN
9781000734249, 9781032083346, 9780367367565, 9780429351211, 9781000734645, 9781000734447, 9781000734249OCN
1135857016Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
Oxford, 2019Imprint
RoutledgeSeries
Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics,Classification
Development studies
International institutions
Religion and politics