Religion and development
Subtitle: Nordic perspectives on involvement in Africa
By: edited by Tomas Sundnes Drønen
Series: Bible and Theology in Africa series -- no. 20.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781433125553; 9781453912652
Subjects: Economic development; Christianity; Scandinavian Economic assistance; Economic development projects; International cooperation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Religion and development : Nordic perspectives on involvement in Africa / Päivi Hasu and Tomas Sundnes Drønen; title: Poverty and prosperity in Africa / Gerrie ter Haar; title: Globalization, religion and development : perspectives from Africa / Tomas Sundnes Drønen; title: Effects of religious attitudes on the self-determination of small-scale entrepreneurs in the slum areas of Nairobi / Magne Supphellen; title: Our mission, development. Comparative perspectives on development : David Livingstone and Finland's Development Policy Programme 2012 / Mika Vähäkangas; title: Spiritual gifts and relations of exchange among congolese in Kampala, Uganda / Karen Lauterbach; title: Reinventing "tradition" : social reconstruction and development in post-genocide Rwanda / Anne Kubai; title: Fragile health justice : cooperation with faith organizations / Ville Päivänsalo; title: Transformative masculinity : religion, development and gender in an ecumenical context / Kjetil Fretheim; title: Transforming masculinities : male care volunteers in Tanzania / Auli Vähäkangas; title: Religion and development : a gender perspective on the ambiguous role of the churches / Marianne Skjortnes; title: Religion and development : lessons from three donor countries / Nikolai Hegertun.