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Rethinking development and peacebuilding in non-secular contexts: a postsecular alternative in Mindanao.
- Source :
- Third World Quarterly; Sep2017, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p2009-2026, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This paper aims to positively engage with the religious character of many development contexts through an exploration of my own fieldwork in Mindanao. Through problematising a secular development industry and building on the momentum of the religious turn some scholars have identified, I share my initial explorations of how a postsecular framing might offer an alternative approach to development and peacebuilding. Through a deconstructive framing of the religious-secular binary I analyse the practices of one small non-governmental organisation (NGO) and suggest that a practice of ‘journeying with’ – Muslims and Christians on the shared philosophical/theological project to nourish each other’s faiths – can contribute to material and spiritual benefit, and the conditions to enable this. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01436597
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Third World Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124523579
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1319275