Does Religion Make a Difference?: Religious NGOs in International Development Collaboration

Cover -- From a Quiet Revolution to the Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs in International Development Discourse -- A Quiet Revolution -- The Reluctant Discovery of Religion -- The Great Global Transformation -- RNGOs' Abilities in Sustainable Development -- Tolerance of Ambiguity -- Multi...

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Auteur principal: Heuser, Andreas (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Koehrsen, Jens (Collaborateur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 2020
Dans:Année: 2020
Édition:1st ed.
Collection/Revue:Religion – Wirtschaft – Politik v.20
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books
B Non-governmental organizations
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 9783848767069
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Résumé:Cover -- From a Quiet Revolution to the Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs in International Development Discourse -- A Quiet Revolution -- The Reluctant Discovery of Religion -- The Great Global Transformation -- RNGOs' Abilities in Sustainable Development -- Tolerance of Ambiguity -- Multireligious Case-Studies -- Outline of the Volume -- Section I: Religious NGOs and International Development Politics -- Religious Engagement in Development Work: A Continuing Journey -- Introduction: the "resurgence" of interest in religious matters -- Definition challenges -- Global agendas, religious involvement -- The religious landscape in development work -- A bumpy path to religious engagement -- Eight live topics to address on religious engagement -- Religion and violence -- Motivations and boundaries: the issue of Proselytizing -- Controversies on gender -- Coordination and harmonization -- Governance issues -- Instrumentalization debates -- Human rights -- Debates about models -- The United Nations and Development: What do Religious Actors Add to Debates about Achieving Better Outcomes? -- Introduction -- Development concerns at the United Nations -- The World Bank, the WCC and the MDGs -- The World Bank, the WCC and SDGs: Building Cooperation between Religious and Secular Development Actors -- Conclusion -- Transculturation Grammars in Secular and Religious Development NGOs -- 1 Introduction -- Development -- Religion -- Spirituality -- Secularity -- 2 The "balancing identity" skill -- 2.1 Elements of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religions -- 2.2 Elements of communication skills -- 3 The differentiation skill: "fundamentalist vs fundamental" -- 3.1 Conceptualizing religion -- 3.2 Fundamentalist and fundamental -- 3.3 Fundamentalism and fundamental options: sociology of comparative religions -- 3.4 The fundamentalist radicality.
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ISBN:374890763X