Religion, Poverty, and Development

This article serves two purposes. First, it introduces the forum that follows in this issue on religion and development. Second, it serves as a review of the small but quickly growing literature on how religion interacts with efforts by (often religious) people and organizations to ameliorate povert...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
Nebentitel:Forum on Religion and Development
VerfasserInnen: Offutt, Stephen (VerfasserIn) ; Probasco, LiErin 1981- (VerfasserIn) ; Vaidyanathan, Brandon 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
weitere Schlagwörter:B Poverty
B Development
B Religion
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Zusammenfassung:This article serves two purposes. First, it introduces the forum that follows in this issue on religion and development. Second, it serves as a review of the small but quickly growing literature on how religion interacts with efforts by (often religious) people and organizations to ameliorate poverty worldwide. We address the need to define both “religion” and “development” with clarity and precision. We also call for further research in this area by sociologists, particularly at a time when the landscape of development practice is shifting, from changes in funding sources and priorities to competition between religious and secular organizations.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12270