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,...