A Theoretical Framework for Engaging with Religion in Development Projects

Atif Ikram Butt
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Atif Ikram Butt: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Journal of Developing Societies, 2014, vol. 30, issue 3, 323-341

Abstract: In academic debates and at practical level too, there is a degree of polarization between those who view religion, particularly Islam, as a developmental obstacle and those who regards it as a developmental solution. It is contended that such a polarized debate is unhelpful for the study and practice of development. A dispassionate analysis of the role and effect of religion, which could bring the rationalist and post-development discourses closer, can better help development practitioners. Based on the theory of social capital and its offshoots, a theoretical framework is proposed to help development institutions and practitioners for the evaluation of their programs and polices of engagement with religion and religious actors, particularly in Muslim-majority countries.

Keywords: social capital; religious capital; spiritual capital; development and religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X14536973

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