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Sacred aid : faith and humanitarianism /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barnett, Michael N., 1960-, Stein, Janice Gross
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Humanitarian assistance.
Church work with disaster victims.
Table of 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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.