Description
Book SynopsisDevelopment Beyond the Secular aims to provide a new resource for those interested in the study of religions and development (primarily postgraduate and academic), and for those development practitioners wishing to contextualize their discipline within a religious frame.
Trade Review"This book will prove to be extremely valuable to anyone interested in debates around theology and development, and to those concerned with developing or maintaining an organisational spirituality, especially among Christian development agencies." -- Justin Thacker
The question of how to combine faith and development is critical in the struggle toward justice for every human being. How might Christianity support the work of development? How might aid organizations need to shift to reflect Christian theologies? This book addresses those questions with the case study of Christian Aid, and in particular, issues of Christology and partnership. Well-researched and excellently written, this book will be of use to theologians, development practitioners, and faith-based aid organizations. -- Thia Cooper
Table of Contents1. Practical Theology and Faith-based Development 2. Secular and Faith-based Development Defining development The shared origins of faith and secular development Economic growth models of development Secularization and its impact on development Faith discourses of development The capabilities approach, faith and development 3. Three Theological Voices: Discerning faith at work The three theological voices – explicit, implicit and null Christian Aid’s identity expressed through the voices Christian Aid’s values expressed through the voices Christian Aid’s theologies of international development Working with Christian Aid’s theologies of development 4. New Life in Christ: A renewed theology of development A Christology of development for a prophetic future Christ as equality: A theology of mutual partnership Conclusion
