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Spirituality: A development taboo

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  • Kurt Alan Ver Beek

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Spirituality is central to many of the daily decisions people in the 'South' make about their own and their community's development, including that of whether or not to participate in risky but potentially beneficial social action. Despite its importance, development literature and development practices have systematically avoided the topic of spirituality. This avoidance results in inferior research and less effective programmes, and ultimately fails to provide participants with opportunities to reflect on how their development and their spirituality will and should shape each other. The author offers some possible explanations for this and suggests ways in which to address spirituality in development theory and practice.

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  • Kurt Alan Ver Beek, 2000. "Spirituality: A development taboo," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 31-43, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:10:y:2000:i:1:p:31-43
    DOI: 10.1080/09614520052484
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    1. Lee, Rebekah Hwajhin & Yoo, Sung-sang, 2023. "Politics, spirituality, and fundraising in churches’ critical development education," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    2. Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel & Barker, Jeremy P., 2024. "The place of religious inequalities within international development and humanitarian response frameworks: Lessons from Iraq," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    3. Tadros, Mariz & Shutt, Catherine, 2024. "Gender in development: What lessons for addressing inequality on the grounds of religion or (non)-belief?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).

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