Intersections of Faith and Development in Local and Global Contexts

ISBN-13: 9781444339116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 200 str.

Keri Vacanti Brondo; Tara Hefferan

Opis

- Focuses on anthropological analyses of and engagements with Christian faith-based organizations (FBOs). - Examines the varied and shifting meanings of religiosity, volunteerism, -doing good, - development, charity, and justice - Calls for a greater understanding of the macro-level promises and pitfalls of increasing reliance on FBOs to design and deliver social services and development - Redresses the imbalance of anthropological studies that have focused on the role of secular NGOs

Spis treści

The Anthropology of Faith and Development: An Introduction (Tara Hefferan, Tim Fogarty).

Body and Soul: Faith, Development, Community, and Social Science in Nicaragua (James Phillips).

Incarnational Theology and the Gospel: Exploring the Mississippi Model of Episcopal Medical Missions to Panama (Robert P. Connolly, Keri Vacanti Brondo).

Saving Malawi: Faithful Responses to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (Andrea Freidus).

Pan–Latin Radical Hospitality: Faith–Based HIV/AIDS Education in the South Bronx (Debra J. Pelto, María Isabel Santiviago).

A Faith–Based Mental Health and Development Project for Slum Dwellers in Brazil (Sidney M. Greenfield).

Operationalizing Opportunities and Creating Publics in Salvadoran Churches: Findings from an Ethnographic Process Evaluation (James Huff).

Disparate Power and Disparate Resources: Collaboration Between Faith–Based and Activist Organizations for Central Florida Farmworkers (Nolan Kline).

Practicing What We Preach: The Possibilities of Participatory Action Research with Faith–Based Organizations (Katherine Lambert–Pennington).

Resource Guide for Anthropologists Working in Faith–Based Development (Keri Vacanti Brondo, Tara Hefferan).