Religious Nongovernmental Organizations

An Exploratory Analysis

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ID12249343
AuthorsJulia Berger (0000-0002-6615-5860, Harvard University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume14
Issue1
Pages15-39
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVoluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1023/a:1022988804887
OpenAlexW2130764802
LanguageEN
Citations received116
References cited14

This paper represents the first systematic attempt at an analysis of religious nongovernmental organizations (RNGOs). Largely ignored as an organizational field, RNGOs constitute a new breed of religious actors shaping global policy-—an organizational hybrid of religious beliefs and social activism at local, national, and international levels. This paper proposes a definition of RNGOs, traces the emergence of RNGOs from an historical perspective, and situates them in their current religious and sociopolitical contexts. Drawing on interviews and documentary data from a sample of 263 United Nations-affiliated RNGOs, the author proposes an analytical framework to examine the religious, organizational, strategic, and service dimensions of these organizations. Religious nongovernmental organizations’ unique contributions to the redefinition of a just society as well as the sociopolitical challenges arising from their religious identity are discussed

Field (mathematics · Identity (music · Organizational commitment · Organizational identity · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Religious identity · Religious organization · Sample (material · Social science · Sociology · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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