This collection adds to a burgeoning literature concerned with the roles played by religions in development. The authors do not assume that religion and religio

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It

Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies o

Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major international

Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that t