Religion, Ethics and Development – Method and Metamorphosis (English version)

V Hans ()

Postmodern Openings, 2012, vol. 8, 23-32

Abstract: Much has been written about the socio-cultural functions of religion. It is equally important to discuss the role and impact of religion and ethics on development and promoting reform in civil society. In today’s South Asian context it is necessary to analyse religion both as a tradition and a representation of modernity. Otherwise it is difficult to clearly understand not only the relationship of domination-subordination, together with processes of exclusions and violence prevalent in the sub-continent but also the emerging perspectives, lineages and languages of sociology in general and religion in particular. An attempt is made in this paper to examine the relationship and to evaluate the processes in the evolving discourse of sociology. It also analyses the ‘moral’ as embedded in religion and as an autonomous category emerging with secularisation. The subtleties of rights and righteousness in the method and metamorphosis of development are also dealt with in this paper.

Keywords: Development; ethics; religion; secular; sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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