TY - GEN AU - Koehrsen,Jens AU - Heuser,Andreas AU - Koehrsen,Jens AU - Heuser,Andreas TI - Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice SN - 9780429351211 PY - 2020/// PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Politics & government KW - bicssc KW - International institutions KW - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) KW - Development policy KW - Faith-based organizations KW - global development KW - RNGOs KW - religion KW - politics N1 - Open Access N2 - "Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on development. Examining the engagement of FBOs with contemporary politics of development, the contributions stress the agency of FBOs in diverse contexts of development policy, both local and global. It is emphasised that FBOs constitute boundary agents and developmental entrepreneurs: they move between different discursive fields such as national and international development discourses, theological discourses, and their specific religious constituencies. By combining influxes from these different contexts, FBOs generate unique perspectives on development: they express alternative views on development and stress particular approaches anchored in their theological social ethics. This book should be of interest to those researching FBOs and their interaction with international organizations, and to scholars working in the broader areas of religion and politics and politics and development." UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23607/1/9780367367565_text.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23607/1/9780367367565_text.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23607/1/9780367367565_text.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30536 ER -