Hoist by our own petard: Backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Hoist by our own petard: Backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy
 
Creator Olivier, Jill
 
Subject Development studies; Religious Studies religion; faith; development; FBO; advocacy; international development; HIV/AIDS
Description There has been a massive advocacy movement over the last 15 years that has sought to advance the case of religion into view of decision-makers in the international development sector. This advocacy effort has been dispersed and not centrally organised, and is made up of the efforts of multiple development actors, religious institutions, researchers and others. This article shows how this advocacy approach has been highly successful in increasing acceptance of the fact that religion is relevant to development, and religious communities and institutions make contributions to the development effort – and this acceptance can now be seen at the highest levels. However, the article highlights several challenges that have come with this advocacy approach. It therefore supports urgent reflection on the direction of this advocacy going forward and suggests that major and uncomfortable adaptations might now be required.
 
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Date 2016-10-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Systematic review
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3564
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 72, No 4 (2016); 11 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3564/8518 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3564/8517 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3564/8519 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3564/8493
 
Coverage International 2000-2015 N/A
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Jill Olivier https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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