"The Fire That Makes Us Boil": The Role of Religion in Supporting Faith-Based Organizations in Cambodia
While religion is presumed to be important to faith-based organizations (fbos), the extent to which it supports them has yet to be fully examined. This paper explores the ways in which faith supports Christian fbos that work with women and children who have been sexually exploited or abused, or invo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Pages: 94-106 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft B Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft & Religionswissenschaft |
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| Summary: | While religion is presumed to be important to faith-based organizations (fbos), the extent to which it supports them has yet to be fully examined. This paper explores the ways in which faith supports Christian fbos that work with women and children who have been sexually exploited or abused, or involved in the sex trade. Analysing qualitative data from leaders of thirteen Christian fbos in Cambodia, this study finds that fbos relied on faith for both tangible and spiritual supports. This paper contributes insight into the conceptual connection between Christian fbos and the ‘input’ of faith in these organizations, and suggests that faith enables fbos to access supports that sustain them. Given this finding, it is recommended that policymakers working with Christian fbos be aware of the close relationship of faith to the operation of these service providers. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004322035_006 |