عنوان

Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from 'Truth' to 'Trust'

Number

LA110585

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from 'Truth' to 'Trust'

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ruerd Ruben

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Religion has played a rather ambivalent role in the study of development. This can partly be attributed to the common emphasis on its role for providing insurance and risk reduction. Current challenges for enhancing poverty alleviation in settings of civic conflict increasingly ask attention for social mediation and new identity building. Religion can then become a key driver for supporting bridging and linking networks. This requires, however, that epistemological attention shifts from the study of 'truth' to the understanding of 'trust'. Religion has played a rather ambivalent role in the study of development. This can partly be attributed to the common emphasis on its role for providing insurance and risk reduction. Current challenges for enhancing poverty alleviation in settings of civic conflict increasingly ask attention for social mediation and new identity building. Religion can then become a key driver for supporting bridging and linking networks. This requires, however, that epistemological attention shifts from the study of 'truth' to the understanding of 'trust'.

Date of Publication

2011

Physical description

225-234

Title

Exchange

Volume Number

40/3

International Standard Serial Number

1572-543X

Subject Term

Conflict

Subject Term

Development

Subject Term

Poverty

Subject Term

Religion

Subject Term

Trust

Ruerd Ruben

Call Number

10.1163/157254311X579613

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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Y