This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It

Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies o

This collection adds to a burgeoning literature concerned with the roles played by religions in development. The authors do not assume that religion and religio

Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major international

Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that t