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Religion and the Politics of Development

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Editors:
  1. Philip Fountain

    1. Religion and Globalization Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Robin Bush

    1. Research Triangle International, Indonesia

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  3. R. Michael Feener

    1. Asia Research Institute, Singapore
      National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robin Bush, Philip Fountain, R. Michael Feener
    Pages 1-9

  3. Religion and the Politics of Development

    • Philip Fountain, Robin Bush, R. Michael Feener
    Pages 11-34

  4. The Purification, Sacralisation, and Instrumentalisation of Development

    • Oscar Salemink
    Pages 35-60

  5. Gender, Development, and the “De-privatisation” of Religion: Reframing Feminism and Religion in Asia

    • Emma Tomalin
    Pages 61-82

  6. Islamic Activism and Palliative Care: An Analysis from Kerala, India

    • R. Santhosh
    Pages 83-103

  7. Buddhist Cosmopolitan Ethics and Transnational Secular Humanitarianism in Sri Lanka

    • Nalika Gajaweera
    Pages 105-128

  8. Buddhist and Protestant Philanthropies in Contemporary Southeast China: Negotiating the “Grey Zone”

    • Keping Wu
    Pages 129-153

  9. Patronage, Welfare Provisions, and State—Society Relations: Lessons from Muslim-Dominant Regimes in Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Malaysia)

    • Kikue Hamayotsu
    Pages 155-176

  10. Between Ideology and International Politics: The Dynamics and Transformation of a Transnational Islamic Charity

    • Zoltan Pall
    Pages 177-200

  11. Remaking the Russian State from the East: The Role of Asian Christians as Civic Activists

    • Melissa L. Caldwell
    Pages 201-223

  12. The Politics of Nonreligious Aid: A Japanese Environmental Ethic in Myanmar

    • Chika Watanabe
    Pages 225-242

  13. Outlook: Research on Religion and Development

    • R. Michael Feener, Philip Fountain, Robin Bush
    Pages 243-245

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-253
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About this book

This volume brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. Deploying innovative conceptual frameworks, and drawing on empirical research from across contemporary Asia, this collection makes an incisive contribution to the analysis of aid and development processes.

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“The contents of this book are very relevant for scholars in several fields, especially as a tool for advancing interdisciplinary research on the topics at hand. … This book is well-organized and touches on a wide range of subjects related to the central theme. … this book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers striving to construct new or rethought forms of development policy and application.” (Peter D. A. Wood, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 16 (3), 2016)


"Originating from a conference hosted by an academic powerhouse, the Asia Research Institute (ASI), National University of Singapore, Religion and the Politics of Development is much more coherent than most edited compilations. It combines a sophisticated, questioning editorial vision with ethnographic richness, and substantially expands the existing body of comparative research literature on this topic. The quasi-religious character of supposedly secular movements and institutions is thoughtfully exposed, including those that sacralize 'development', while pro-poor initiatives are shown to be dangerously narrow-minded when they are grounded in a dismissive approach to religion. The reader is left in no doubt about the deficiencies of aid and welfare provision in all the social contexts considered by the twelve contributors, but is reminded that world politics would be in an even worse state without the 'will to improve'." - Jonathan Benthall, University College London, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Religion and Globalization Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Philip Fountain

  • Research Triangle International, Indonesia

    Robin Bush

  • Asia Research Institute, Singapore

    R. Michael Feener

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore

    R. Michael Feener

About the editors

Melissa L. Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Nalika Gajaweera, University of Southern California, USA Kikue Hamayotsu, Northern Illinois University, USA Zoltan Pall, National University of Singapore, Singapore Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds, UK Oscar Salemink, University of Copenhagen, Denmark R. Santhosh , Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India Chika Watanabe, University of Manchester, UK Wu Keping, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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