On a Long Neglected Player:

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" On a Long Neglected Player: "
Christine Schliesser

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067037
Doc. No	:	LA110666
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341336‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christine Schliesser
Title & Author	:	On a Long Neglected Player: [Article] : The Religious Factor in Poverty Alleviation\ Christine Schliesser
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	43/4
Page No	:	339–359
Abstract	:	Much of poverty alleviation theory and practice fails to sufficiently consider the following crucial factor: the religious dimension. This paper elaborates this thesis by focusing on the African context and the valuable resources African religious communities and movements can provide in the struggle against poverty. One particularly influential streak of present-time African religiousness serves as a case study: the so-called ‘Prosperity Gospel’ as part of Pentecostal Christianity. The author first argues for the continuing formative influence of religion on African conceptions of self, other, and world. Secondly, she provides a critical assessment of the impact of Pentecostalism and the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ on poverty alleviation. In comparison with secular ngos, Pentecostal churches emerge as the more effective agents of change. A third part situates the insights gained into a wider perspective, seeking ways to integrate the religious factor into a more holistic conception of and engagement against poverty Much of poverty alleviation theory and practice fails to sufficiently consider the following crucial factor: the religious dimension. This paper elaborates this thesis by focusing on the African context and the valuable resources African religious communities and movements can provide in the struggle against poverty. One particularly influential streak of present-time African religiousness serves as a case study: the so-called ‘Prosperity Gospel’ as part of Pentecostal Christianity. The author first argues for the continuing formative influence of religion on African conceptions of self, other, and world. Secondly, she provides a critical assessment of the impact of Pentecostalism and the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ on poverty alleviation. In comparison with secular ngos, Pentecostal churches emerge as the more effective agents of change. A third part situates the insights gained into a wider perspective, seeking ways to integrate the religious factor into a more holistic conception of and engagement against poverty
Descriptor	:	African Christianity
Descriptor	:	African traditional religions
Descriptor	:	development
Descriptor	:	ngos
Descriptor	:	Pentecostalism
Descriptor	:	poverty alleviation
Descriptor	:	Prosperity Gospel
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341336‬