02615cam a22003494a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700200035000870350020001220350023001420350022001650350017001870400027002040420008002310430012002390500021002510820023002721000029002952450106003242600058004303000026004885000055005145040064005695050432006335200990010656500046020556500028021016510058021298560078021875445008OSt20140828020004.0050919r20052003cau      b    001 0 eng    a  2005012302  a0804753369 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)60421163  a(OCoLC)ocm60421163  a(DLC)  2005012302  a(NNC)5445008  aDLCcDLCdDLCdOrLoB-B  apcc  af-rh---10aHC910b.B67 200500a261.8/5/0968912221 aBornstein, Erica,d1963-14aThe spirit of development :bProtestant NGOs, morality, and economics in Zimbabwe /cErica Bornstein.  aStanford, Calif. :bStanford University Press,c2005.  axii, 213 p. ;c23 cm.  aOriginally published: New York : Routledge, c2003.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-208) and index.00tIntroduction : an ethnography of faith-based development -- g1.tBackground : three perspectives on missions in Zimbabwe -- g2.tTheologies of development : faith, holism, and lifestyle evangelism -- g3.tChild sponsorship, evangelism, and belonging -- g4.tThe politics of transcendence -- g5.tParticipation as a religious act -- g6.tGood, evil, and the legitimation of success -- gApp.tZimbabwe council of churches.1 a"Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African states, religious NGOs occupy an important structural and ideological position. They also, however, illustrate a key irony - how economic development, a symbol of science, progress, and this-worldly material improvement, borrows heavily from other-worldly faith." "Through a study of two transnational NGOs in Zimbabwe, this book offers a nuanced depiction of development as both liberatory and limiting. While rapt attention has been given to the supposed role of NGOs in democratizing Africa, few studies engage with the ground operations. Questioning the assumption that economic development is a move away from religious mysticism toward the scientific promise of progress, the author offers a remarkable account of development that is neither defeatist, nor comforting."--BOOK JACKET. 0aNon-governmental organizationszZimbabwe. 0aChristianityzZimbabwe. 0aZimbabwexEconomic policyxMoral and ethical aspects.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012302.html