International Development Policy: Religion and Development

Ludovic Bertina, Ecole pratique des hautes études, FranceIndika Bulankulame, Open University of Sri LankaPhilip Fountain, National University of SingaporeJeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan University, UKKatherine Marshall, Georgetown University, USAZidane Meriboute,School of Oriental and African Studies, UKEliott Mourier, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France Levent Ünsaldi, University of Ankara, Turkey Wim Van Daele, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Hannah Lindiwe de Wet, Coastal & Environmental Services, South AfricaSam Wong, University of Liverpool, UK

• Religion and Development: Reconsidering Secularism as the Norm; Gilles Carbonnier PART I: FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT AS A FIELD OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 1. The Myth of Religious NGOs: Development Studies and the Return of Religion; Philip Fountain 2. Revisiting the Religious Revival in Development: A Critique of Philip Fountai; Katherine Marshall 3. On Having Faith in the MDGs: A Response to Katherine Marshall; Philip Fountain PART II: FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS AND SECULAR DEVELOPMENT 4. Faith-based Organisations, Development and the World Bank; Jeffrey Haynes 5. The Perils of Entanglement: Bilateral Donors, Faith-Based Organisations and International Development; Gerard Clarke 6. Religion as a Social Substitute for the State: Faith-Based Social Action in Brazil in the Twenty-First Century; Eliott Mourier 7. Transformational Development: World Vision South Africa's Response to Poverty; Hannah Lindiwe de Wet PART III: RELIGION: ALTERNATIVES TO TECHNOCRATIC AND NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENT? 8. The Catholic Doctrine of 'Integral Human Development' and its Influence on the International Development Community; Ludovic Bertina 9. 'Arab Spring': The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and Their Vision of Islamic Finance and the State; Zidane Meriboute 10. Between Neoliberalism and Morality: The Muslim Conception of Development in Turkey; Levent Ünsaldi 11. The Political Economy of Desire in Ritual and Activism in Sri Lanka; Wim Van Daele 12. Using Religious Capital to Alleviate Poverty?: A Case Study of Cross-border Migration in South China; Sam Wong 13. Convictions Beyond the Bomb: Interplays Between Violence, Religion and Development in Sri Lanka; Indika Bulankulame 14. Conclusion: Reflections on the Role of Religion and Faith in Development Discourse and Practice; Moncef Kartas & Kalinga Tudor Silva