Book: Religion and Development: Ways of Transforming the World

New book edited by Gerrie ter Haar, Professor of Religion and Development at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and Chair of the Advisory Board of our KCRD.

Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that this rarely happens. People in most countries continue to look at the world through the prism of religion even when they develop modern lifestyles.

The book Religion and Development looks at the ways in which a religious worldview influences processes of development. Its great originality is that it does not concentrate primarily on religious institutions and organisations but on religious ideas themselves. In the final analysis, it is people's ideas that motivate them. Their worldview stimulates them to act in specific ways.

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CONTENTS
About the Contributors  
List of Abbreviations
Foreword by James D. Wolfensohn                         

Part One: Religion and Development: What 's in Two Names ?
1. Religion and Development: Introducing a New Debate Gerrie ter Haar
2. Development and Faith Institutions: Gulfs and Bridges  Katherine Marshall
3. Faith-based Organisations and Development: An African Indigenous Organisation in Perspective Dele Olowu
4. Religion and Sustainable Development: A Typological Analysis Louke van Wensveen                                                      

Part Two: Religion and Economics
5. Religious Values and Economic Growth: A Review and Assessment of Recent Studies Eelke de Jong
6. Religion and Development Revisited: Some Lessons from Guatemalan Micro-entrepreneurs Henri Gooren  
7. Islamic Banking: Background, Theory and Practice Ismail Ozsoy
8. The Opportunities and Challenges of Islamic Microfinance  Ajaz Ahmed Khan and Laura Thaut

Part Three: Religion and the Millennium Development Goals
9. Religion and the Millennium Development Goals: Whose Agenda? Wendy Tyndale 
10. A Model of Integral Development: Assessing and Working with Religious Health Assets James R. Cochrane
11. Muslim NGOs and the Reality of HIV/AIDS Willem van Eekelen and Helen Mould
12. Re-imagining the Role of Ulama: Poverty Alleviation and Development in Pakistan Husnul Amin

Part Four: Religion, Development and Social Change
13. Religion and Human Rights: Searching for Common Ground Gerrie ter Haar
14. Harnessing Popular Visions for Social Transformation: The Experience of the OAIC in its Work with African Independent Churches John Padwick and Nicta Lubaale 
15. A Wind of Change: Spirituality and Technology for Global Sustainable Development  Christiaan Hogenhuis
16. Integral Development: Religion and Development Cooperation in The Netherlands Lisette van der Wel

Appendices
Appendix 1: Declaration of Alma-Ata  
Appendix 2: The Ahero Declaration
Appendix 3: OAIC HIV/AIDS Pretoria Declaration 
Appendix 4: The Cairo Declaration of Religious Leaders in the Arab States 
Appendix 5: African Church Leaders' Statement on Climate Change and Water