Ebook: Handbook of research on development and religion

With 80% of the world's population profesing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. The sacred texts of each of the world's major religions exhort believers to live a righteous life, including responding to poverty and assisting those with less. This handbook highlights the value of incorporating religion into development studies literature and research.;Understanding the nexus between religion and development / Matthew Clarke -- Part I. Religious faith and development. Islam as aid and development / Peter Riddell -- Buddhism and development / Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey -- Christianity and international development / Séverine Deneulin -- Judaism: a cry for justice / Matthew Clarke -- Hinduism and development / A. Whitney Sanford -- Sikhism and development: a perfect match? / Darshan S. Tatla -- Daoism and development / James Miller -- Confucianism / Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi -- Indigenous religions and development: African traditional religion / Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell -- Name it and claim it: Prosperity Gospel and the global Pentecostal reformation / Matthew Sharpe -- Part II. Development issues/themes and religion. Gender, religion and development / Emma Tomalin -- Moral power at the religion-development-environment nexus / Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere -- Corruption, religion and moral development / Heather Marquette -- Islamic education: historical evolution and attempts at reform / Masooda Bano -- Religion, conflict and peacebuilding in development / Shawn Teresa Flanigan -- Religion in the policy domains of international financial institutions / John Rees -- A sustainable Islamic microfinance model in poverty alleviation / Aimatul Yumina -- Religion and post-disaster development / Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany -- Religious symbolism and the politics of urban space development / Yamini Narayanan -- Cultural heritage and development in South East Asia / Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills -- Part III. Faith-based organizations and mission. 'Do not turn away a poor man': faith-based organizations and development / Michael Jennings -- 'Pan-Islamism' as a form of 'alter-globalism'?: Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State / Bruno De Cordier -- Religion and development: prospects and pitfalls of faith-based organizations / Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor -- Mission, missionaries and development / Steve Bradbury -- Why Western-based, Pentecostal mission organizations undertake community development in South East Asia / Vick-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan -- Part IV. Case studies. Religion, development and politics in Nigeria / Insa Nolte -- Religion and development in Brazil, 1950-2010 / Rowan Ireland -- FBOs in Tanzania / Michael Jennings -- Partnership through translation: a donor's engagement with religion / Jane Anderson -- The (in)visible hand of Muhajirat: a field observation on labour migration, social change and religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan / Bruno De Cordier -- Where shadows fall patchwork: religion, violence and human security in Afghanistan / James Astley Connell -- Australian development FBOs and NGOs / Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke.