Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’

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" Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’ "
Ruerd Ruben

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1066956
Doc. No	:	LA110585
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157254311X579613‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ruerd Ruben
Title & Author	:	Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’ [Article]\ Ruerd Ruben
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	40/3
Page No	:	225–234
Abstract	:	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’.
Descriptor	:	Conflict
Descriptor	:	Development
Descriptor	:	Poverty
Descriptor	:	Religion
Descriptor	:	Trust
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157254311X579613‬