Religion and development
Subtitle: ways of transforming the world
By: Gerrie Ter Haar, editor ; with a foreword by James D. Wolfensohn
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781849041409; 9781849041393
Subjects: Religious aspects; Economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411) and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion and development: what's in two names?; title: Religion and development: introducing a new debate / Gerrie ter Haar; title: Development and faith institutions: gulfs and bridges / Katherine Marshall; title: Faith-based organisations and development: an African indigenous organisation in perspective / Dele Olowu; title: Religion and sustainable development: a typological analysis / Louke van Wensveen; title: Religion and economics; title: Religious values and economic growth: a review and assessment of recent studies / Eelke de Jong; title: Religion and development revisited: some lessons from Guatemalan micro-entrepreneurs / Henri Gooren; title: Islamic banking: background, theory and practice / Ismail Ozsoy; title: The opportunities and challenges of Islamic microfinance / Ajaz ahmed Khan and Laura Thaut; title: Religion and the millennium development goals: whose agenda? / Wendy Tyndale; title: A model of integral development: assessing and working with religious health assets / James R. Cochrane; title: Muslim NGOs and the reality of HIV/AIDS / Willem van Eekelen and Helen Mould; title: Re-imagining the role of ulama: poverty alleviation and development in Pakistan / Husnul Amin; title: Religion, development and social change; title: Religion and human rights: searching for common ground / Gerrie ter Haar; title: Harnessing popular visions for social transformation: the experience of the OAIC in its work with African independent churches / John Padwick and Nicta Lubaale; title: A wind of change: spirituality and technology for global sustainable development Christiaan Hogenhuis; title: Integral development: religion and development cooperation in the Netherlands / Lisette van der Wel.