Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice (Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367367564 ISBN 13: 9780367367565

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Andreas Heuser is Professor for Extra-European Christianity at the University of Basel.

Jens Koehrsen is Professor of Religion and Economy at the University of Basel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367367564
• ISBN 13: 9780367367565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Koehrsen Jens, Heuser Andreas