Sacred aid faith and humanitarianism
Title:
Sacred aid faith and humanitarianism
Author:
Barnett, Michael N., 1960-
ISBN:
9780199950447
9780199916030
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 258 pages)
Contents:
Introduction : The secularization and sanctification of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Janice Gross Stein -- Faith in markets / Stephen Hopgood and Leslie Vinjamuri -- "Cultural proximity" and the conjuncture of Islam with modern humanitarianism / Jonathan Benthall -- Religious obligation or altruistic giving? Muslims and charitable donations / Ajaz Ahmed Khan -- The role of spirituality in humanitarian crisis survival and recovery / Peter Walker [and others] -- Religious giving outside the law in New Delhi / Erica Bornstein -- Pyrrhic victories? French Catholic missionaries, modern expertise, and secularizing technologies / Bertrand Taithe -- Faith in the machine? Humanitarianism in an age of bureaucratization / Michael Barnett -- Bridging the sacred and the profane in humanitarian life / Andrea Paras and Janice Gross Stein.
Abstract:
Collectively, the chapters in this volume comprise an original and authoritative account of how religion has reshaped the global humanitarian movement in recent times.
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Electronic Access:
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