Religion and Development

Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa

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• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781433125553
• eBook ISBN:
  9781453912652
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Business Development

The role of religion in development work has long been a neglected issue in the Western academic tradition. Religion and Development: Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa is part of a recent wave of publications trying to bring more colors into the traditional black-and-white picture of religion and development as two separate analytical entities. Through the voices of experts in a variety of fields, from theology and development studies to social anthropology and global studies, this book sheds particular light on Nordic involvement in Africa. The relationship between North and South is explored through historical approaches and recent analysis, bringing relevant fieldwork and new case studies into the discussion. Numerous and varied sub-Saharan regions are presented in the book, and all the chapters take different approaches to how the North-South relationship has affected the development of the African continent for better or for worse. The contributors all argue that in order to understand development work in an era of global change, religion has to be an important part of the discussion.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: Introduction: Religion and Development—Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa (Päivi Hasu and Tomas Sundnes Drønen)
• Chapter Two: Poverty and Prosperity in Africa (Gerrie ter Haar)
• Chapter Three: Globalization, Religion and Development: Perspectives from Africa (Tomas Sundnes Drønen)
• Chapter Four: Chapter Four: Effects of Religious Attitudes on the Self-Determination of Small-Scale Entrepreneurs in the Slum Areas of Nairobi (Magne Supphellen)
• Chapter Five: Our Mission: Development. Comparative Perspectives on Development—David Livingstone and Finland’s Development Policy Programme 2012 (Mika Vähäkangas)
• Chapter Six: Spiritual Gifts and Relations of Exchange among Congolese in Kampala, Uganda (Karen Lauterbach)
• Chapter Seven: Reinventing “Tradition”: Social Reconstruction and Development in Post-genocide Rwanda (Anne Kubai)
• Chapter Eight: Fragile Health Justice: Cooperation with Faith Organizations (Ville Päivänsalo)
• Chapter Nine: Transformative Masculinity: Religion, Development and Gender in an Ecumenical Context (Kjetil Fretheim)
• Chapter Ten: Transforming Masculinities: Male Care Volunteers in Tanzania (Auli Vähäkangas)
• Chapter Eleven: Religion and Development: A Gender Perspective on the Ambiguous Role of the Churches (Marianne Skjortnes)
• Chapter Twelve: Religion and Development: Lessons from Three Donor Countries (Nikolai Hegertun)
• List of Contributors
• Index