Beschreibung:
This book argues that relationships between religion and development in faith-based development work are constructed through repeated processes of negotiation. Rather than being a neat and tidy relationship, faith-based development work is complex and multifaceted: an ongoing series of negotiations between theological interpretations and theories of human development; between identities as professional practitioners and as believers; between different religious traditions at local, regional and international levels; and between institutional structures and individual agency.
1. Introduction2. Theoretical Perspectives on Religion and Development3. Religion and Development in Bolivia: Resistance and Decolonisation4. Constructing a Faith-Based Identity5. Theological Frameworks for Understanding Development6. Faith-Based Discourses of Development7. Practicing Integral Development8. Unresolved Tensions in Faith-Based Development9. Conclusion: Negotiations and Contentions of Religion and Development