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Sacred aid : faith and humanitarianism /

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Collectively, the chapters in this volume comprise an original and authoritative account of how religion has reshaped the global humanitarian movement in recent times.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barnett, Michael N., 1960- (Contributor), Stein, Janice Gross (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Humanitarian assistance.
Church work with disaster victims.
Aide humanitaire.
Pastorale des victimes de catastrophes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Church work with disaster victims
Humanitarian assistance
Hulpverlening.
Naastenliefde.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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 [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.