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Does Religion Make a Difference? / The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies
Does Religion Make a Difference? / The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies
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From a Quiet Revolution to the Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs in International Development Discourse
Andreas Heuser, Jens Koehrsen
Andreas Heuser, Jens Koehrsen
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A Quiet Revolution
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The Reluctant Discovery of Religion
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The Great Global Transformation
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RNGOs’ Abilities in Sustainable Development
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Tolerance of Ambiguity
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Multireligious Case-Studies
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Outline of the Volume
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41–82
Section I: Religious NGOs and International Development Politics
41–82
41–62
Religious Engagement in Development Work: A Continuing Journey
Katherine Marshall
Katherine Marshall
41–62
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Introduction: the “resurgence” of interest in religious matters
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Definition challenges
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Global agendas, religious involvement
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The religious landscape in development work
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A bumpy path to religious engagement
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Eight live topics to address on religious engagement
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Religion and violence
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Motivations and boundaries: the issue of Proselytizing
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Controversies on gender
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Coordination and harmonization
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Governance issues
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Instrumentalization debates
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Human rights
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Debates about models
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63–82
The United Nations and Development: What do Religious Actors Add to Debates about Achieving Better Outcomes?
Jeffrey Haynes
Jeffrey Haynes
63–82
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Introduction
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Development concerns at the United Nations
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The World Bank, the WCC and the MDGs
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The World Bank, the WCC and SDGs: Building Cooperation between Religious and Secular Development Actors
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Conclusion
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83–108
Transculturation Grammars in Secular and Religious Development NGOs
Richard Friedli
Richard Friedli
83–108
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1 Introduction
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Development
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Religion
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Spirituality
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Secularity
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2 The “balancing identity” skill
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2.1 Elements of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religions
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2.2 Elements of communication skills
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3 The differentiation skill: “fundamentalist vs fundamental”
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3.1 Conceptualizing religion
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3.2 Fundamentalist and fundamental
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3.3 Fundamentalism and fundamental options: sociology of comparative religions
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3.4 The fundamentalist radicality
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i. Cognitive level: binary thinking
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ii. Social level: proselyte dynamism
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iii. Psychological aspects: hardening around morals
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iv. Strategic procedures: eradicating the stigmatised reality
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3.5 The fundamental option
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i. Theological cognitive level: axiological difference between the “divine milieu” and subsequent socio-political manifestations
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ii. Social level: empathic availability
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iii. Psychological level: the right to difference
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iv. Strategic level: beauty of compromise
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3.6 Findings on the “fundamentalist vs fundamental” shift
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4 Development NGOs during the Rwandan genocidal processes
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4.1 Fundamentalist Rwandan radicality
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i. A binary doctrinal argument
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ii. Socio-political consequences
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iii. Psychology hardening around morals
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iv. Police and military consequences
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4.2 Fundamental options in the Rwandan context
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i. The encompassing “divine milieu”
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ii. Fundamental empathy
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iii. Solidarity in difference
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iv. Political level
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5 Outcomes and new beginnings on development and religion issues
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109–168
Section II: Mapping RNGOs in Diverse Religious Traditions
109–168
109–134
Islam and Development: International Muslim NGOs
Marie Juul Petersen
Marie Juul Petersen
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Introduction
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The Emergence of International Muslim NGOs
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International Muslim NGOs in the Post 9/11 Aid Field
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International Muslim NGOs and the Global War on Terror
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Religious NGOs in the Field of Development and Humanitarian Aid
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International Islamic Relief Organisation: ‘It’s all in Islam!’
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A dignified life and a strengthened umma
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“Islam is about the spiritual and social matters”
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“They don’t have the same feeling of family as we have”
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Islamic Relief: “We have an understanding of religion that gives us an advantage”
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“Lasting routes out of poverty”
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The advantage of religion
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“They are perhaps not the most sophisticated”
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Bridgebuilders or defenders of Islam?
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135–148
Religious Philosophy, Social Work and Social Engagement of Buddhist and Hindu Movements
Ulrich Dehn
Ulrich Dehn
135–148
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Introduction
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship
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The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB)
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Buddhist social thinkers
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Bhikkhu Buddhadasa
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Santikaro
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Robert Aitken
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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Maruyama Teruo
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
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Buddhist social action
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The Sarvodaya Movement in India and the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka
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Concluding Remarks
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149–168
Tikkun Olam and Jewish Outreach within Jewish Faith-Based Organisations
Yonatan N. Gez, Adi Maya, and Ido Benvenisti
Yonatan N. Gez, Adi Maya, and Ido Benvenisti
149–168
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Introduction
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Jewish Engagement in Development
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Judaism as a Non-Evangelising Religion
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Tikkun Olam and Jewish Outreach
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Jewish Outreach
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Tikkun Olam
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Case Studies
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Case Study 1: Project TEN
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Case Study 2: Agahozo Shalom Youth Village
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Conclusion
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Section III: Inter-religious Contexts and Comparisons
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169–190
The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies
Leif H. Seibert
Leif H. Seibert
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Introduction
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Religious conservativism
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From the church-sect dichotomy to religious field theory
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The ethos of religious peace builders
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Theodicy and sociodicy in postwar BiH
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Conclusion
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Performing ‘Religiousness’: Negotiations of Religion and the Formation of Identity in Guyanese Development Organisations
Sinah Theres Kloß
Sinah Theres Kloß
191–206
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Introduction
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Group Identity and the Identification of Development Organisations
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Religiousness and the Doing of Religion
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Conclusion
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Keep it Altar or Alter Community? Re-framing a Myth of Conversion in Indonesia
Suwarto Adi
Suwarto Adi
207–224
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Introduction
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GKJ Elang, IPSEM Foundation and Religious Entrepreneurship
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Church and Diaconia: Education for Children of Labour Family
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Transformation of the Church’s Diaconal Programme
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The Development of Service: From Capacity Building to Peace Building
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Christian NGOs in Islamic Indonesia
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Concluding Remarks
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225–286
Section IV: Intra-religious Transformations and Changes within RNGOs
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225–242
Development as Transformation: Tearfund and the New Evangelical Approach to Holistic Change
Dena Freeman
Dena Freeman
225–242
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Introduction
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The Formation and Early Workings of Tearfund
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Development as Transformation: The Theology of Integral Mission
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Integral Mission for Development Agencies
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Conclusion
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Megachurches, Dominion Theology and Development
Andreas Heuser
Andreas Heuser
243–262
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Introduction: De-essentializing Pentecostal Theology
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“Africa Business and Kingdom Leadership Summit“
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A Dominion Theological Script
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“Greater Works”—and the Collapse of Capital Bank
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Public Debates and Irritations
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Whither Dominion Theology?
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263–286
Ahmadiyya and Development Aid in West Africa
Katrin Langewiesche
Katrin Langewiesche
263–286
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Introduction
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: a transnational Muslim group among others
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Humanity First: history and current activities in Burkina Faso
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Conclusions
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287–364
Section V: RNGO Activities in Selected Fields of Sustainable Development
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287–304
Gender and Education
Claudia Hoffmann
Claudia Hoffmann
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Gender inequality hinders development
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How can gender equality be achieved?
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Case Study: Mission 21 and gender equality
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Mission 21’s advocacy programme 2016 and beyond
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Basel Mission and gender equality
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Discussion
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Conclusion: How does religion make a difference?
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“You need to change the whole person” African Initiated Churches and Sustainable Development in South Africa
Philipp Öhlmann, Marie-Luise Frost, Wilhelm Gräb
Philipp Öhlmann, Marie-Luise Frost, Wilhelm Gräb
305–326
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Introduction
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Notions of sustainability: from sustainable development to transformation of life
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Elements of transformation
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Engaging transformation
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Healing and world view: transforming the individual
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Ethics and social capital: transforming the environment
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Transformation in action
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Conclusions
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Muslim NGOs and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
Jens Koehrsen
Jens Koehrsen
327–348
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Introduction
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Faith Based Development: Towards a “Green” Agenda?
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Muslim NGOs
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Environmental Islam
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Islamic Environmental Teachings
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Empirical Insights into Muslim Environmentalism
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Global South
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Global North
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Discussion
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Conclusion
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349–364
On the Roles of Religious NGOs in the Context of Development and Peacebuilding: Christian Churches and Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Christine Schliesser
Christine Schliesser
349–364
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1. Introduction
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2. Some Problems with the Term “Religious” Violence
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3. Religion and Peacebuilding: Resources and Productivity
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3.1 Religious Peacebuilding in Post-Genocide Rwanda
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3.2 Religious and Non-Religious Peacebuilding
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4. Conclusion
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The Methadone of the People: Not all Theodicies are Sociodicies
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Leif H. Seibert
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doi.org/10.5771/9783748907633-169
ISBN print: 978-3-8487-6706-9
ISBN online: 978-3-7489-0763-3
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