Spirit of Development Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe

Name: Spirit of Development Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe
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ISBN: 9780804753364

ISBN-10: 0804753369

ISBN-13: 9780804753364

Edition: 2006

Authors: Erica Bornstein

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Religious NGOs are important sources of aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programmes of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As critics of African states, religious NGOs occupy an important position. Through a study of two NGOs, this book portrays development as being both liberatory and limiting.

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 8/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 227
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction: An Ethnography of Faith-based Development



Background: Three Perspectives on Missions in Zimbabwe



Theologies of Development: Faith, Holism, and Lifestyle Evangelism



Child Sponsorship, Evangelism, and Belonging



The Politics of Transcendence



Participation as a Religious Act



Good, Evil, and the Legitimation of Success


Conclusion


Appendices



Interviews, Group Discussions, and Events



Zimbabwe Council of Churches


Notes