Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice

Herausgeber: Koehrsen, Jens; Heuser, Andreas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781032083346
• ISBN-10: 1032083344
• Artikelnr.: 62153165

Autorenporträt

Andreas Heuser is Professor for Extra-European Christianity at the University of Basel. Jens Koehrsen is Professor of Religion and Economy at the University of Basel.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Beyond Established Boundaries: FBOs as Developmental
Entrepreneurs Chapter 2 From Missionaries to Ecumenical Co-Workers: A Case
Study from Mission 21 in Kalimantan, Indonesia Chapter 3 Mobilising
Evangelicals for Development Advocacy: Politics and Theology in the Micah
Challenge Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals Chapter 4 World
Vision and 'Christian values' at the United Nations Chapter 5 Giving and
Development: Ethno-Religious Identities and 'Holistic Development' in
Guyana Chapter 6 Contextualized Development in Post-Genocide Rwanda:
Exploring the Roles of Christian Churches in Development and Reconciliation