The Forgotten Factor

The Uneasy Relationship between Religion and Development

Dados Bibliográficos

ID18969734
AutoresLeah Selinger (2 Acland Crescent, London SE5 8EQ, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume51
Fascículo4
Páginas523-543
Data de publicação2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0037768604047872
OpenAlexW2145214284
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas50
Referências citadas24

Religion has been ignored and sidelined in international development theory and strategy, supported by the discourse of social theory during the development era. The dominance of modernization and secularization theories has been key to this marginalization, but if, as recently asserted, we are to recognize the impact and influence of culture on development strategy, we must account for the specific role of religion in this. This article argues that religion is a defining force within culture, and asks if in a postmodern era, where religion seems to be impacting on all areas of society, religion can be addressed; and if so, how this should be managed. By exploring the roots of development and its historical avoidance of religion, the article seeks to determine a course of action that encourages the social significance of religion to be recognized and handled in a constructive manner

Constructive · Dominance (genetics) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Modernization theory · Political science · Postmodernism · Secularism · Secularization · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology