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Religions and
Development
Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious
traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major
international players have tended to ignore its role. However, recent years have
shown a noticeable shift in development policy, practice and research to
recognize religion as a relevant factor.
This text provides a comprehensive insight into different approaches towards
understanding the relationships between religions and development studies,
policy and practice. It guides readers through current debates, presenting,
explaining and critically evaluating a broad range of literature and locating it
within a theoretical context. The text explores the role of religion within devel-
opment, from positive contributions, such as the important role that many ‘faith-
based organizations’ play in education or health care, to more complicated and
contested notions of impact, such as religiously inspired violence or gender
inequality. The book begins with three background chapters that outline the
relevance of religions for development studies, policy and practice, and intro-
duce the reader to the study of ‘development’ and of ‘religions’. Following
these, the focus then shifts to examine a number of thematic areas, including
religion, gender and development, and the implications of the ‘rise of religion’
for mainstream development studies, policy and practice in the twenty-first
century. Each chapter contains a range of features to assist undergraduate learn-
ing, including learning objectives for each chapter, discussion of key concepts,
summaries, discussion questions, further reading and websites. The book also
contains over sixty boxed case studies to provide further definition, explanation,
and examples of the interactions between religions and development globally.
This innovative text presents religions as something that can both obstruct and
aid development, encouraging readers to engage critically with the multiple
ways that religion impacts on both the conceptualization of development and
the resulting project interventions. It will be of interest to undergraduate and
postgraduate students and scholars interested in religious studies, development
studies and the broader study of societies and cultures.
Emma Tomalin
is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the School of
Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science at the University of Leeds. Her
research interests are focused around religion and global development, and
religion, gender and society.
Routledge Perspectives on Development
Series Editor:
Professor Tony Binns,
University of Otago
Since it was established, in 2000, the same year as the Millennium Development Goals were
set by the United Nations, the
Routledge Perspectives on Development
series has become
the pre-eminent international textbook series on key development issues. Written by leading
authors in their fields, the books have been popular with academics and students working
in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, geography, international relations, politics
and sociology. The series has also proved to be of particular interest to those working in
interdisciplinary fields, such as area studies (African, Asian and Latin American studies),
development studies, environmental studies, peace and conflict studies, rural and urban
studies, travel and tourism.
If you would like to submit a book proposal for the series, please contact the Series Editor,
Tony Binns, on: jab@geography.otago.ac.nz
Published:
Third World Cities, 2nd Edition
David W. Drakakis-Smith
Rural–Urban Interactions in the Developing World
Kenneth Lynch
Environmental Management and Development
Chris Barrow
Tourism and Development
Richard Sharpley and David J. Telfer
Southeast Asian Development
Andrew McGregor
Population and Development
W. T. S. Gould
Postcolonialism and Development
Cheryl McEwan
Conflict and Development
Andrew Williams and Roger MacGinty
Disaster and Development
Andrew Collins
Non-Governmental Organisations and Development
David Lewis and Nazneen Kanji
Cities and Development
Jo Beall
Gender and Development, 2nd Edition
Janet Momsen
Economics and Development Studies
Michael Tribe, Frederick Nixson and Andrew Sumner
Water Resources and Development
Clive Agnew and Philip Woodhouse
Theories and Practices of Development, 2nd Edition
Katie Willis
Food and Development
E. M. Young
An Introduction to Sustainable Development, 4th
Edition
Jennifer Elliott
Latin American Development
Julie Cupples
Religions and Development
Emma Tomalin
Development Organizations
Rebecca Shaaf
Forthcoming:
Global Finance and Development
David Hudson
Natural Resource Extraction and Development
Roy Maconachie and Gavin M. Hilson
Children, Youth and Development, 2nd Edition
Nicola Ansell
Climate Change and Development
Thomas Tanner and Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Politics and Development
Heather Marquette and Tom Hewitt
South Asian Development
Trevor Birkenholtz
Conservation and Development
Shonil Bhagwat and Andrew Newsham
Religions and
Development
Emma Tomalin
First published 2013
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
© 2013 Emma Tomalin
The right of Emma Tomalin to be identified as author of this work
has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means,
now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording,
or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publishers.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tomalin, Emma.
Religions and development / Emma Tomalin.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Developing countries–Religion. 2. Religions. 3. Religion. I. Title.
BL2680.T66 2013
201'.73091724–dc23
2012041590
ISBN: 978-0-415-61349-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-61350-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-83117-5 (ebk)
Typeset in Times New Roman
by Keystroke, Station Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton

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