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Does religion make a difference? : religious NGOs in international development collaboration / Andreas Heuser / Jens Koehrsen (eds.).

Contributor(s): Heuser, Andreas [contributor,, editor.] | Koehrsen, Jens [contributor,, editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik ; Band 20Publisher: [Zürich] : Pano Verlag ; Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2020Copyright date: © 2020Edition: 1st editionDescription: 364 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783848767069; 3848767066; 9783290220594; 3290220591Subject(s): Economic development -- Religious aspects | Non-governmental organizations -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 261.7 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
From a Quiet Revolution to the Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs in International Development Discourse / Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen -- Religious Engagement in Development Work: A Continuing Journey / Katherine Marshall -- The United Nations and Development: What do Religious Actors Add to Debates about Achieving Better Outcomes? / Jeffrey Haynes -- Transculturation Grammars in Secular and Religious Development NGOs / Richard Kriedli -- Islam and Development: International Muslim NGOs / Marie Juul Petersen -- Religious Philosophy, Social Work and Social Engagement of Buddhist and Hindu Movements / Ulrich Dehn -- Tikkun Qlam and Jewish Outreach within Jewish Faith-Based Organisations / Yonatan N. Gez, Adi Maya, and Ido Benvenisti -- The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies / Leif H. Seibert -- Performing ‘Religiousness’: Negotiations of Religion and the Formation of Identity in Guyanese Development Organisations / Sinah Theres Klofi -- Keep it Altar or Alter Community? Re-framing a Myth of Conversion in Indonesia / Suwarto Adi -- Development as Transformation: Tearfund and the New Evangelical Approach to Holistic Change / Dena Freeman -- Megachurches, Dominion Theology and Development / Andreas Heuser -- Ahmadiyya and Development Aid in West Africa / Katrin Langewiesche -- Gender and Education / Claudia Hoffmann -- “You need to change the whole person” African Initiated Churches and Sustainable Development in South Africa / Philipp Ohlmann, Marie-Luise Prost, Wilhelm Grab -- Muslim NGOs and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals / Jens Koehrsen -- On the Roles ofReligious NGOs in the Context of Development and Peacebuilding: Christian Churches and Reconciliation in PostGenocide Rwanda / Christine Schliesser.

Includes bibliographical references.

Editors & Contributors -- From a Quiet Revolution to the Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs in International Development Discourse / Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen -- Section I: Religious NGOs and international development politics -- Religious Engagement in Development Work: A Continuing Journey / Katherine Marshall -- The United Nations and Development: What do Religious Actors Add to Debates about Achieving Better Outcomes? / Jeffrey Haynes -- Transculturation Grammars in Secular and Religious Development NGOs / Richard Kriedli -- Section II: Mapping RNGOs in diverse religious traditions -- Islam and Development: International Muslim NGOs / Marie Juul Petersen -- Religious Philosophy, Social Work and Social Engagement of Buddhist and Hindu Movements / Ulrich Dehn -- Tikkun Qlam and Jewish Outreach within Jewish Faith-Based Organisations / Yonatan N. Gez, Adi Maya, and Ido Benvenisti -- Section III: Inter-religious contexts and comparisons -- The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies / Leif H. Seibert -- Performing ‘Religiousness’: Negotiations of Religion and the Formation of Identity in Guyanese Development Organisations / Sinah Theres Klofi -- Keep it Altar or Alter Community? Re-framing a Myth of Conversion in Indonesia / Suwarto Adi -- Section IV: Intra-religious transformations and changes within RNGOs -- Development as Transformation: Tearfund and the New Evangelical Approach to Holistic Change / Dena Freeman -- Megachurches, Dominion Theology and Development / Andreas Heuser -- Ahmadiyya and Development Aid in West Africa / Katrin Langewiesche -- Section V: RNGO activities in selected fields of sustainable development -- Gender and Education / Claudia Hoffmann -- “You need to change the whole person” African Initiated Churches and Sustainable Development in South Africa / Philipp Ohlmann, Marie-Luise Prost, Wilhelm Grab -- Muslim NGOs and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals / Jens Koehrsen -- On the Roles ofReligious NGOs in the Context of Development and Peacebuilding: Christian Churches and Reconciliation in PostGenocide Rwanda / Christine Schliesser.

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