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Faith and crossing boundaries: implications for development policy and practice
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by Anthony WareAnthony Ware, Matthew ClarkeMatthew ClarkeReligion is not new to development. Indeed, religious institutions and individuals motivated by faith have been at the forefront of service provision since long before states and other actors became involved in development. Moreover, more than eight out of ten people self-profess religious belief. In developing countries, religious belief is often higher still. These facts alone suggest development agencies should seriously engage with religious beliefs and religious institutions, as they work to improve well-being, address inequality and alleviate poverty and vulnerability. For many, faith acts as a central organising framework for their core beliefs and values, and thus draws their internal map of reality and sets their compass of acceptable norms, behaviours and relationships. As a result, faith plays a significant role in shaping worldviews, laws, behavioural norms, public policy and social practices in the developing world, as has been extensively discussed in this volume.
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Development across faith boundariesSeries
Routledge research in religion and developmentChapter number
12Pagination
173 - 184Publisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
Abingdon, Eng.ISBN-13
9781138690424ISBN-10
1138690422Language
engPublication classification
B Book chapter; B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2017, RoutledgeExtent
12Editor/Contributor(s)
A Ware, M ClarkeUsage metrics
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