On a Long Neglected Player: The Religious Factor in Poverty Alleviation

Much of poverty alleviation theory and practice fails to sufficiently consider the following crucial factor: the religious dimension. This paper elaborates this thesis by focusing on the African context and the valuable resources African religious communities and movements can provide in the struggl...

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Main Author: Schliesser, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Exchange
Year: 2014, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 339-359
Further subjects:B Poverty Alleviation African Christianity Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism African traditional religions ngos development
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)