Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice / Jens Koehrsen, Andreas Heuser.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Taylor & Francis, 2019.
- Summary:
- Exploring Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on development.
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- Chapter 1 Beyond Established Boundaries: FBOs as Developmental Entrepreneurs
- Chapter 2 From Missionaries to Ecumenical Co-Workers: A Case Study from Mission 21 in Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Chapter 3 Mobilising Evangelicals for Development Advocacy: Politics and Theology in the Micah Challenge Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals
- Chapter 4 World Vision and 'Christian values' at the United Nations
- Chapter 5 Giving and Development: Ethno-Religious Identities and 'Holistic Development' in Guyana
- Chapter 6 Contextualized Development in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Exploring the Roles of Christian Churches in Development and Reconciliation.
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