Religion and Development

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Religion and Development "
Marianne Skjortnes

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077529
Doc. No	:	LA121158
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341309‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Marianne Skjortnes
Title & Author	:	Religion and Development [Article]\ Marianne Skjortnes
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	31/1
Page No	:	60–81
Abstract	:	Christian churches across the world have long engaged in humanitarian assistance and diaconal work. Diaconal action, understood as integral to the church’s mission in today’s world, is conditioned and challenged by concrete contexts. In order to be relevant, diakonia requires a careful reading of the contexts. This article presents life histories of three individuals who live in Madagascar. The stories relate how living in a world of poverty and need, humiliation and lack of safety provides many challenges relating to the fulfillment of needs and creating decent living conditions. The stories also tell of lives where many have met Christian individuals and institutions that give priority to the task of upholding human dignity. My aim has been to shed light on the meaning of diaconal work has for these young people and how new opportunities and challenges are creating new life stories and changes in their experience of human dignity. The objective has also been to describe the added value that religion and Christian organizations provide to the secular development project. Christian churches across the world have long engaged in humanitarian assistance and diaconal work. Diaconal action, understood as integral to the church’s mission in today’s world, is conditioned and challenged by concrete contexts. In order to be relevant, diakonia requires a careful reading of the contexts. This article presents life histories of three individuals who live in Madagascar. The stories relate how living in a world of poverty and need, humiliation and lack of safety provides many challenges relating to the fulfillment of needs and creating decent living conditions. The stories also tell of lives where many have met Christian individuals and institutions that give priority to the task of upholding human dignity. My aim has been to shed light on the meaning of diaconal work has for these young people and how new opportunities and challenges are creating new life stories and changes in their experience of human dignity. The objective has also been to describe the added value that religion and Christian organizations provide to the secular development project.
Descriptor	:	diakonia
Descriptor	:	faith-based organizations
Descriptor	:	human dignity
Descriptor	:	life stories
Descriptor	:	Madagascar
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341309‬