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Idealism and Practicality: The role of religion in development

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  • Wendy Tyndale

    (WFDD, Elmield House, University of Birmingham, UK)

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Wendy Tyndale looks at religious groups, movements or communities working at the grassroots, very often at a distance from the leaders or institutions of their traditions. She takes as examples movements which show the effectiveness of faith as an inspiration and guide for work to improve life for the poor. These are different from faith-based NGOs, which, depending as they do on sources of funding from the West, tend to be influenced to a greater degree by the views of professional western/secular development practitioners. She delves into some of the difficulties of the relationship between religion and the mainstream development thinking in order to show the commonalities of both ‘idealism’ and pragmatism on both sides of the divide. Development (2003) 46, 22–28. doi:10.1177/1011637003046004004

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  • Wendy Tyndale, 2003. "Idealism and Practicality: The role of religion in development," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 46(4), pages 22-28, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:46:y:2003:i:4:p:22-28
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    1. Duncan McDuie-Ra & John A. Rees, 2010. "Religious actors, civil society and the development agenda: The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(1), pages 20-36.
    2. John Frame, 2023. "Exploring why religious faith may distinguish faith‐based from non‐faith‐based NGOs: Theoretical insights from Cambodia," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(2), pages 368-381, March.
    3. Darren Noy, 2009. "Material and Spiritual Conceptions of Development," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 25(3), pages 275-307, July.

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