Acting on Faith: Religious Development Organizations in Northwestern Argentina

ISBN-13: 9780739111109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 242 str.

Laurie A. Occhipinti

Opis

Acting on Faith deftly examines the role of religious discourse in processes of economic development by exploring a case study based on twelve months of intensive qualitative research examining the role of small, Catholic non-government organizations (NGOs) in indigenous communities in northwest Argentina. The difficulty facing the communities and their associated NGOs is how to create conditions that ameliorate poverty, without undermining cultural values.