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Development and Politics from Below

Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State

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Editors:
  1. Barbara Bompani

    1. Centre of African Studies, The University of Edinburgh, UK

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  2. Maria Frahm-Arp

    1. School of Theology, St Augustine College, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Non-Governmental Public Action (NGPA)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction: Development and Politics from Below: New Conceptual Interpretations

      • Barbara Bompani, Maria Frahm-Arp
      Pages 1-19

  3. ‘Challenging the Secular: Religion and Public Spaces’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Development and Invisible Worlds

      • Stephen Ellis
      Pages 23-39

    3. The Mbuliuli Principle: What is in a Name?

      • Gerrie ter Haar
      Pages 40-55

    4. Muslim Shrines in Cape Town: Religion and Post-Apartheid Public Spheres

      • Abdulkader Tayob
      Pages 56-73

    5. Remaking Society from Within: Extraversion and the Social Forms of Female Muslim Activism in Urban Mali

      • Dorothea E. Schulz
      Pages 74-96

  5. ‘Health Care Provision: Reflections on Religion’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Health and the Uses of Religion: Recovering the Political Proper?

      • James R. Cochrane
      Pages 175-196

    3. Marshalling the Powers: The Challenge of Everyday Religion for Development

      • Elizabeth Graveling
      Pages 197-217

    4. Sacred Struggles: The World Council of Churches and the HIV Epidemic in Africa

      • Ezra Chitando
      Pages 218-239

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion: Reflections on Modernization without Secularization

      • Barbara Bompani, Maria Frahm-Arp
      Pages 240-251

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 252-257
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About this book

Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa.

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'The editors of this volume pose major challenges to the research community: to re-evaluate the concepts, assumptions and methods that may veil rather than illuminate contemporary African societies and to develop a better understanding of the relationships between religion, politics, development and modernity. The authors of the individual chapters make a valuable contribution to this research agenda by examining aspects of the place of religion in public spaces; how religions function and shape people's lives, communities and organizations; and the role of religion in the sphere of health.' - Carole Rakodi, Director of the Religion and Development Research Programme, International Development Department, University of Birmingham, UK

'This groundbreaking volume makes a significant contribution to an emerging field in Development Studies. Drawing from a variety of disciplines, its wide-ranging and original set of essays demonstrates the centrality of religious ideas and practices - Traditional, Christian and Islamic - to contemporary African popular culture and their capacity to shape public life and politics. Focusing on the beliefs and passions of ordinary religious adherents, the essays make a compelling case for a holistic human centred model of development and highlight the inadequacy of hitherto dominant western secular models. The collection is required reading for policy makers, practitioners and researchers working in development.'- David Maxwell, Professor of African History, Keele University, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre of African Studies, The University of Edinburgh, UK

    Barbara Bompani

  • School of Theology, St Augustine College, South Africa

    Maria Frahm-Arp

About the editors

EZRA CHITANDO is Associate Professor in History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe JAMES R. COCHRANE is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa; co-Principal of the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP); Director of the Research Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa (RICSA) STEPHEN ELLIS is Desmond Tutu Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden ELIZABETH GRAVELING Lecturer in Development Studies in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK ERNEST T. MALLYA is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Tanzania and the Deputy Principal responsible for Academics at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) DOROTHEA E. SCHULZ is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne, Germany DAVID E. SKINNER is Professor of History at Santa Clara University, USA ABDULKADER TAYOB is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa GERRIE TER HAAR is Professor of Religion and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands LINDA VAN DE KAMP is a Cultural Anthropologist and Researcher at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the African Studies Centre in Leiden

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