Cover -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why Gender -- The Contribution of the Book -- What is the Study of Religion? -- Why Take an Ethnographic Approach? -- How Does Religion Combine with Ethnography? -- The Structure of the Book -- PART I - MAINSTREAMING RELIGION AND GENDER IN DEVELOPMENT -- 1. Reviewing the Links between Religion, Gender and Development -- Theology and Religious Studies: Differing Approaches to Development -- The Relationship between Gender, Religion and Development -- Conclusion -- 2. Understanding Global Development through Religion and Gender -- The Value of Cross-disciplinary Dialogue -- IR and Transnational Politico-religious Movements -- Anthropology of Religion -- Conclusion -- 3. Gender, Mothering and Development: Case Studies of Three Hindu Transnational Movements -- The Origins and Philosophy of Each Case Study -- Cross-organizational Analysis: How Do Religious Teachings Shape Concepts of Development? -- Conclusion -- PART II - FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND DIALOGUES IN DEVELOPMENT -- 4. What is a Faith-based Organization? -- What is an FBO? -- Community-level Organizations -- Intermediary Organizations -- Missionary Organizations -- Conclusion -- 5. Can Compassion Bring Results? Reflections on the Work of an Intermediary FBO -- Critiques of Development Practice -- What Exactly do FBOs Offer? -- Tracing the Roots of Christian Compassion -- A Criticall Perspective on Compassion -- Conclusion -- 6. Competing Visions of Development: The Story of a Faith-based Parternship -- Background/History of the Parternship -- The Feminist Theological Vision of Development -- The Professionalization of WFR and the Emergence of an Intermediary Organization -- Conclusion -- 7. Gender, Gandhi and Community Organizations -- The Different Approaches of Two Community Organizations.

Translating Values into Practice -- Gandhi on Gender, Religion and Development -- Conclusion -- PART III - RELIGION AS A FEMINIST RESOURCE -- 8. Physical Religious Spaces in the Lives of Rajasthani Village Women -- Religion, Communication and Participation -- Religious Spaces and Fruitful Dialogue -- Ritual Spaces as Sources of Insight into Domestic Violence -- Conclusion -- 9. Positioning Religion in Research and Activism to End Domestic Violence in Rajasthan -- The Link Between Religion, Culture and Domestic Violence -- How is Religion Used in the Analysis of Domestic Violence? -- Rituals as Reflective Social Spaces -- Conclusion -- 10. Puja as an Approach to Health Care -- Village Service Rajasthan (VSR) -- Village Development Project Jodhpur (VDPJ) -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.