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This chapter is on religion and development, focusing on interfaith networks and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on reducing inequalities (SDG 10), with the Zambia Interfaith Networking Group (ZINGO) in Zambia being the case study. The chapter challenges the long held perception of religion as irrelevant to modern societies and a constraint on progress. In fact, the chapter argues that faith communities, actors and assets continue to occupy a critical space in discourses on development. The chapter is premised on the growing acknowledgment of religion’s potential to contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapter deviates from previous approaches of Zambian scholarship on religion and development which focused on initiatives of single religions and neglected interfaith initiatives. Therefore, this chapter seeks to contribute to existing knowledge on religion and development by reflecting on the role of interfaith networks in promoting sustainable development (as envisioned in SDG 10) from the Zambian context.
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Mwale, N. (2022). Religion and Sustainable Development: The Role of the Zambia Interfaith Networking Group (ZINGO) in Contemporary Times. In: Chitando, E., Gusha, I.S. (eds) Interfaith Networks and Development. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89807-6_11
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