Disasters and the rise of global religious philanthropy

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ID3895828
AuthorsJayeel Serrano Cornelio (0000-0002-2894-6231, Ateneo de Manila University, corresponding author), Jayeel Cornelio, Julio C Teehankee (0000-0002-1335-5594, De La Salle University)
Year2024
Volume65
Issue1
Pages131-143
Publication date2024-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiogenes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0392192123000135
OpenAlexW2976684130
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

This article seeks to make sense of the rise of global religious philanthropy in relation to disaster. Global religious philanthropy refers to the transnational activities of religious organizations to respond to humanitarian crisis. These organizations can be faith-based initiatives or religious groups or denominations that have created humanitarian services for the specific purpose of relief and recovery in other countries. The first part spells out what we mean by the rise of global religious philanthropy in disaster response. It is not so much a shift as it is a rediscovery of the religious roots of humanitarian work. But at the same time, it is also a contemporary development that is part of the globalization of risk, humanitarian aid, and religion itself. The second part will explain the rise in two ways. First, faith-based and religious organizations hold what we describe as a global imaginary. In this imaginary, the world is in crisis and it offers an opportunity to demonstrate global compassion. Second, the rise of global religious philanthropy is also tied to the expansion of religious movements, some of which are in emerging economies. The expansion renders the religious field competitive. This is why, in a paradoxical manner, their humanitarian activities are also acts of strength and power that contend with the state and other players in the religious field

Criminology · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · History · Religion, Society, and Development

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