Making Space to Breathe

ISBN-13: 9783639061901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 252 str.

Linda Kurti

Opis

Faith-based non-government organisations are responsible for a considerable amount of international development aid, yet there is little research on the relationship between faith and development. In 2004 the Anglican Board of Mission embarked on an organisational learning process to explore the influence of the development sector on their own sphere of activities. Notions of intentionality, accountability and legitimacy emerged as significant foundations for the agencys work. Its multiple accountabilities - to government, to its Anglican constituency, and to overseas church partners - offer a framework through which the agency can continually assess its organisational integrity and fidelity to its value base. Articulating intentionality of purpose and a clear theological understanding of mission and development are crucial if the agency is to maintain its legitimacy. "Making space to breathe" became a metaphor to describe the task of creating both a reflective space which opens possibilities for transformed praxis, and a liminal space between the evangelical and development activities of the agency in which a unifying philosophical ground can be discovered.

O autorze

Kurti Linda Linda Kurti, PhD, studied public health at the University of Nottingham and the University of New South Wales, and has worked in health service research and development in England and Australia. From 2005-2008 she served as Executive Director of the Anglican Board of Mission. Linda is currently Director of Social Research at Urbis Pty Ltd, Sydney.