Routledge Research in Religion and Development
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Religion and Development series focuses on the diverse ways in which religious values, teachings and practices interact with international development.
While religious traditions and faith-based movements have long served as forces for social innovation, it has only been within the last ten years that researchers have begun to seriously explore the religious dimensions of international development. However, recognising and analysing the role of religion in the development domain is vital for a nuanced understanding of this field. This interdisciplinary series examines the intersection between these two areas, focusing on a range of contexts and religious traditions.
We welcome book proposals on diverse themes such as faith-based development organisations; religious players in health programming; proselytization and development; religion and the environment; gender, religion and development; religion and post-colonialism; and indigenous communities and development.
To submit proposals, please contact the Development Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Series Editors:
Matthew Clarke, Deakin University, Australia
Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds, UK
Nathan Loewen, University of Alabama, USA
Editorial board:
Carole Rakodi, University of Birmingham, UK
Gurharpal Singh, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
Jörg Haustein, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
Christopher Duncanson-Hales, Laurentian University, Canada
A Theology of International Development
1st Edition
By Thia Cooper
September 30, 2021
Religion and development have been intertwined since development's beginnings, yet faith-based aid and development agencies consistently fail to consider how their theology and practice intersect. This book offers a Christian theology of development, with practical solutions to bridge the gap and ...
African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development: Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches
1st Edition
Edited
By Philipp Öhlmann, Wilhelm Gräb, Marie-Luise Frost
September 30, 2021
This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and ...
Secular and Religious Dynamics in Humanitarian Response
1st Edition
By Olivia J. Wilkinson
June 30, 2021
This book investigates the ways in which the humanitarian system is secular and understands religious beliefs and practices when responding to disasters. The book teases out the reasons why humanitarians are reluctant to engage with what are seen as "messy" cultural dynamics within the ...
The Sarvodaya Movement: Holistic Development and Risk Governance in Sri Lanka
1st Edition
By Praveena Rajkobal
June 30, 2021
This book provides an important case study of how local cultures, religions and spiritualities can enhance development activities, and provide helpful frameworks for contemporary societies facing the pressures of neo-liberalism. It specifically traces how the influential Sri Lankan Sarvodaya ...
Tearfund and the Quest for Faith-Based Development
1st Edition
By Dena Freeman
April 01, 2021
This book gives an in-depth analysis of the role of faith in the work of Tearfund, a leading evangelical relief and development NGO that works in over 50 countries worldwide. The study traces the changing ways that faith has shaped and influenced Tearfund’s work over the organisation’s 50-year ...
Negotiating Religion and Development: Identity Construction and Contention in Bolivia
1st Edition
By Arnhild Leer-Helgesen
March 31, 2021
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...
Religion and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia
1st Edition
By Carole Rakodi
December 18, 2020
This book analyses how religion is entangled in people’s lives in Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. It provides an introduction to the teachings, practices and values promoted by the main religious traditions in these regions and an overview of the evidence on what religion means to people in ...
Between Humanitarianism and Evangelism in Faith-based Organisations: A Case from the African Migration Route
1st Edition
By May Ngo
September 30, 2020
Religion has always played an important, if often contested, role in the public domain. This book focuses on how faith-based organisations (FBOs) interact with the public sphere, showing how faith-based actors are themselves shaped by wider processes and global forces such as globalisation, ...
Christianity’s Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy: To Transfer the Empire of the World
1st Edition
By John Blevins
September 30, 2020
In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international health policy and practice from the latter ...
Development Across Faith Boundaries
1st Edition
Edited
By Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke
April 16, 2019
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners and communities of different faiths. Likewise, ...
Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising sustainable cities for South Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Yamini Narayanan
April 25, 2018
Conceptions of 'sustainable cities' in the pluralistic and multireligious urban settlements of developing nations need to develop out of local cultural, religious and historical contexts to be inclusive and accurately respond to the needs of the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and women. ...
Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred places as development spaces
1st Edition
By Matthew Clarke, Anna Halafoff
January 08, 2018
Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious belief, Religion and Development in the ...