1st Edition
Negotiating Religion and Development Identity Construction and Contention in Bolivia
By Arnhild Leer-Helgesen
Copyright 2020
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that relationships between religion and development in faith-based development work are constructed through repeated processes of negotiation. Rather than being a neat and tidy relationship, faith-based development work is complex and multifaceted: an ongoing series of negotiations between theological interpretations and theories of human development; between identities as... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Religion and Development 3. Religion and Development in Bolivia: Resistance and Decolonisation 4. Constructing a Faith-Based Identity 5. Theological Frameworks for Understanding Development 6. Faith-Based Discourses of Development 7. Practicing Integral Development 8. Unresolved Tensions in Faith-Based Development 9. Conclusion: Negotiations and Contentions of Religion and Development
Biography
Arnhild Leer-Helgesen is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway, and she received her PhD from VID Specialized University, Norway
