Faith and charity : religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa / edited by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, 1966- editor.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society

Anthropology, culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance--Africa, West.

Humanitarian assistance.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

xi, 238 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged. As mapped out by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin, in West Africa Christian and Muslim organisations have become major players in the field of humanitarian assistance. Moving beyond mainstream development theory, Faith and Charity brings out the crucial role of religion in the development process and the interplay of moral and political ideologies. From faith-based NGOs to individual local activists, the authors explore how each group navigates the wider process of social development in the neoliberal era. Based on extensive research and deploying a sophisticated and original frame of analysis, Faith and Charity makes an important contribution to the existing literature on development anthropology and the anthropology of religion in Africa. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Faith, Charity and the Ethics of Volunteerism in West Africa / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, Louis Audet Gosselin Gosselin, Louis Audet 1

Part 1 Religion, Politics and Development: Ngo-Isation and Religious Influence in the Twenty-First Century

2 Reflections on the Socio-political Roles of Islamic NGOs in West Africa: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso / Mathias Savadogo Savadogo, Mathias, Muriel Gomez-Perez Gomez-Perez, Muriel, Marie Nathalie LeBlanc LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie 27

3 Muslim NGOs in Côte d'Ivoire: Towards an Islamic Culture of Charity / Issouf Binaté Binaté, Issouf 47

4 Catholic NGOs in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire: A Case Apart? / Louis Audet Gosselin Gosselin, Louis Audet, Boris Koenig Koenig, Boris 63

Part 2 Religious Actors and the Making of NGOs

5 Precarious Agency in the Face of 'Good Governance': The NGO-isation of Muslim Women's Associations in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie 85

6 Leaders of National and Transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso: Diverse Forms and Experiences of Islamic Civic Engagement / Kathéry Couillard Couillard, Kathéry, Frédérick Madore Madore, Frédérick, Muriel Gomez-Perez Gomez-Perez, Muriel 105

7 Private Evangelical Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Burkina Faso: Religious Voluntarism and the Road to Success / Louis Audet Gasselin Gasselin, Louis Audet 124

8 From Local to Transnational Challenges: Religious Leaders and Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso / Mara Vitale Vitale, Mara 144

9 Christian Citizenship, Evangelical NGOs and the Ethics of Holistic Rehabilitation among Socially Marginalised Groups in Côte d'Ivoire / Boris Koenig Koenig, Boris 161

10 Conclusion / Louis Audet Gosselin Gosselin, Louis Audet, Marie Nathalie LeBlanc LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie 182.

ISBN:

0745336736

9780745336732

OCLC:

962015439