Acting on Faith
Religious Development Organizations in Northwestern Argentina
Acting on Faith
Religious Development Organizations in Northwestern Argentina
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Description
Acting on Faith deftly examines the role of religious discourse in processes of economic development by exploring a case study based on twelve months of intensive qualitative research examining the role of small, Catholic non-government organizations (NGOs) in indigenous communities in northwest Argentina. The difficulty facing the communities and their associated NGOs is how to create conditions that ameliorate poverty, without undermining cultural values. The substantial technical, ecological, and economic obstacles to development in these remote regions compound this change. This book moves beyond a perspective that privileges either the symbolic aspect of religion or the material forces of political economy, and instead sees economic and symbolic systems as mutually conditioning processes of meaning and power. Acting on Faith is an important work for scholars in anthropology and sociology, as well as practitioners in the field of development.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Iruya and OCLADE
Chapter 3 Los Blancos and Fundapaz
Chapter 4 Development Discourse
Chapter 5 Religious Idioms of Development
Chapter 6 Land and Its Uses
Chapter 7 Claiming Property in Two Communities
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 24 Oct 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 242 |
| ISBN | 9780739151655 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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