Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious belief, Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred places as development spaces argues that the role and impact of religions on community development needs to be better understood. It also calls for greater attention to be given to the role of sacred places as sites for development activities, and for a deeper appreciation...
Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and...
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations to work in highly-religious communities.
Development Across Faith Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their...
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of t...
The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications. The religious influence on the urban experience has resonances for all aspects of urban sustainability in India and yet it remains a blind spot while articulating sustainable urban policy.
This book explores the historical and on-going influence of religion on urban planning, design, space utilisation, urban identities and communities. It argues that the conceptual and empirical approaches to planning sustainable cities in India need to be developed out...
The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications. The religious in...
This book examines how the work of faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help us understand the role of religion in humanitarianism and international aid work.
Focusing on the work of an FBO in Morocco offering direct aid to sub-Saharan African migrants 'passing through' on their way towards Europe reveals the challenges the organisation face as they try to negotiate at once local, national and international contexts relating to their particular Christian values in an Islamic country that is situated within a global secular regime. This book argues that these contradictions,...
This book examines how the work of faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help us understand the role of religion in humanitarianism and internationa...
