Religion : help or hindrance to development? / Edited by Kenneth Mtata.
Contributor(s): Mtata, Kenneth [editor.]
| Lutheran World Federation
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TextSeries: LWF documentation: no. 58.Publisher: Leipzig : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 250 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783374037728 (pbk.); 3374037720 (pbk.)Subject(s): Christianity -- Developing countries | Christianity -- Developing countries -- Congresses | Capitalism -- Religious aspects | Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Congresses | Religion -- Social aspects | Religion -- Social aspects -- Congresses | Lutheran Church -- Doctrines | Lutheran Church -- Doctrines -- CongressesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Religion and development: friends or foes? / Kenneth Mtata -- What aspects of Lutheran theology contribute to a holistic development model? : or, is there something to be looked at? / Vitor Westhelle -- Trajectories into the world: concepts of "development" in contemporary African Pentecostal Christianity / Andreas Heuser -- How development ethos emerges and is engrained and sustained in contact with local culture and religion / Karel Th. August -- Religion, development and mission / Michael Biehl -- Capitalism as religion: when does the cycle end? / Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro -- State, religion and development in China / Theresa Carino -- Multireligious context and development / Samuel Ngun Ling -- Religion, conflict and development in a multireligious context / Johnson Mbillah -- The future role of the church in development cooperation / Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'aMphahlele) -- Case study I: Religion and development: the praxis of the Lutheran Costarican Church / Carlos Bonilla -- Case study II: The transformation of society: the contribution of women to peace / Lindora Howard-Diawara -- Case study III: Religion and peace: reflections on the Ecumenical Church leaders in Zimbabwe's peace project / Ambrose Moyo -- Challenges for religion and development in the ACT Alliance / Rebecca Larson -- Faith-based organizations and their distinct assets / Kjell Nordstokke -- The reconfiguration of faith-based organizations in Germany: implications for development / Claudia Warning.
The essays included in this book were first presented at an international conference on religion and development, organized and hosted by the Lutheran World Federation and Mission EineWelt in Neuendettelsau, Germany, 21-25 October 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.