This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerged within research on religions and development, particularly with respect to theoretical, conceptual and methodological considerations, from the perspective of development studies and its associated disciplines. Parts two to six look at different regional and national development contexts and the place of religion within these. These parts integrate and examine the critical debates raised in part one within empirical case studies from a range of religions and regions. Different religions are situated within actual locations and case studies thus allowing a detailed and contextual understanding of their relationships to development to emerge. Part seven examines the links between some important areas within development policy and practice where religion is now being considered, including:
Faith-Based Organisations and Development
Public Health, Religion and Development
Human rights, Religion and Development
Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Religion
Global Institutions and Religious Engagement in Development
Economic Development and Religion
Religion, Development and Fragile States
Development and Faith-Based Education
Taking a global approach, the Handbook covers Africa, Latin America, South Asia, East and South-East Asia, and the Middle East. It is essential reading for students and researchers in development studies and religious studies, and is highly relevant to those working in area studies, as well as a range of disciplines, from theology, anthropology and economics to geography, international relations, politics and sociology.
1. Introduction Part 1 Critical Debates for Religions and Global Development 2. Development, Religion and Modernity 3. Researching Religions and Development 4. Theology and Development: Christian and Jewish Approaches 5. A History of Faith-based Aid and Development 6. Proselytizing Development Part 2. Sub-Saharan Africa 7. Religion and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview 8. Pentecostalism and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 9. Masculinities, HIV and Religion in Africa Part 3 Latin America 10. Development and Religious Change in Latin America 11. Inca Roads, Protestant Hospitals, Catholic Cheese, and the Fluctuating State: Religion and Development in Ecuador 12. The Catholic Church, Contemporary Sexual Politics and Development in Latin America Part 4 South Asia 13. Religion and Development in India and Pakistan: an overview 14. Caste and the Conundrum of Religion and Development in India 15. Religion, Gender and Development in South Asia Part 5 East and South East Asia 16. Religion and Development in China 17. Critical Perspectives on Religions - Especially Christianity - in the Development of South Korea Post-1945 18. Religion and Gender in Developing Southeast Asia Part 6 The Middle East and North Africa 19. Religion and Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Poverty Relief or Social Transformation? 20. Islamic Finance, Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction in MENA 21. Sexuality, Development and Islamophilia in the Arab Uprisings: The Missing Links Part 7 Development Policy and Practice 22. Faith-Based Organizations and Development 23. Religion at the Intersection of Development and Public Health in Development Contexts: From Advocacy About Faith-based Organizations to Systems Thinking 24. Conflict or Compatibility? Reflections on the Nexus Between Human Rights, Development and Religion in Muslim Aid Organizations 25. Complex Global Institutions: Religious Engagement in Development 26. Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Religion 27. Religion and Economic Development 28. Religion, Development and Fragile States 29. Development Organizations' Support for Faith-based Education: Recent Turns Toward Ethics and Dialogue
