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Religion: Help or Hindrance to Development?
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Impressum
- Inhalt
- Preface
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks
- Sermon
- Religion and Development: Friends or Foes?
- What Aspects of Lutheran Theology Contribute to a Holistic Development Model? Or, Is there Something to be Looked At?
- Trajectories into the World: Concepts of “Development” in Contemporary African Pentecostal Christianity
- How Development Ethos Emerges and is Engrained and Sustained in Contact with Local Culture and Religion
- Religion, Development and Mission
- Capitalism as Religion: When Does the Cycle End?
- State, Religion and Development in China
- Multireligious context and development
- Religion, Conflict and Development in a Multireligious Context
- The Future Role of the Church in Development Cooperation
- Case Study I Religion and Development: The Praxis of the Lutheran Costarican Church
- Case Study II The Transformation of Society: The Contribution of Women to Peace
- Case Study III Religion and Peace: Reflections on the Ecumenical Church Leaders in Zimbabwe’s Peace Project
- Challenges for Religion and Development in the ACT Alliance
- Faith-Based Organizations and their Distinct Assets
- The Reconfiguration of Faith-based Organizations in Germany: Implications for Development
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