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020 _a0804753369 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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035 _a(DLC) 2005012302
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_b.B67 2005
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100 1 _aBornstein, Erica,
_d1963-
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245 1 4 _aThe spirit of development :
_bProtestant NGOs, morality, and economics in Zimbabwe /
_cErica Bornstein.
260 _aStanford, Calif. :
_bStanford University Press,
_c2005.
300 _axii, 213 p. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Routledge, c2003.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-208) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction : 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.
520 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.
650 0 _aNon-governmental organizations
_zZimbabwe.
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650 0 _aChristianity
_zZimbabwe.
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651 0 _aZimbabwe
_xEconomic policy
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012302.html
900 _bTOC
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