Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that t

Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major international

Development practice is full of examples of the importance of religion in the lives of people in developing countries. However, religion has largely remained un

Jeffrey Haynes adopts a chronological and conceptual approach to introduce students to the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of religion

Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and worldviews o