Overview
- Explores interfaith networks and development in diverse contexts
- Provides fresh case studies on emerging interfaith networks that have not yet had scholarly coverage
- Identifies successes and challenges facing interfaith networks involved in development work
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Although there is growing interest in the role of religion in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030, very few studies have focused on the contributions of interfaith networks. Most of the contemporary publications on religion and development focus on single religions or faith-based organizations. This volume addresses the lacuna in the available scholarship by undertaking detailed analyses of how interfaith networks in diverse African contexts contribute to development. Chapters in this volume engage in theoretical debates on interfaith networks and development, while describing concrete, fresh case studies on how particular interfaith networks are contributing towards the meeting of the SDGs in specific contexts. Thus, the volume describes older and newer interfaith networks and analyses their achievements and challenges. Contributors focus on SDGs that include peacebuilding, gender, youth, the environment, as well as overviews of interfaith initiatives in different African contexts.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Interfaith Networks: Conceptualisation and Examples of Pan-African Organisations
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Interfaith Networks and Gender in Africa
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Case Studies of Interfaith Networks and Development in Selected African Countries
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Diverse Themes in Interfaith Networks and Development
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Reviews
“This volume has the potential to become an important reference work for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers who want to learn more about the specific role of interfaith networks in development in Africa (and possibly beyond). It could also fulfil the aspiration expressed in the introduction: to be a starting point for further research as well as the strengthening of the position of interfaith networks in development in Africa – and globally.” (Hansjörg Dilger, Religion & Development, August 22, 2023)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ezra Chitando is a Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, and World Council of Churches Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS in Africa.
Ishanesu Sextus Gusha was formerly a senior lecturer from University of Zimbabwe’s Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics. He is now parish priest in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in the Anglican Diocese in Europe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interfaith Networks and Development
Book Subtitle: Case Studies from Africa
Editors: Ezra Chitando, Ishanesu Sextus Gusha
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89807-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89806-9Published: 16 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89809-0Published: 16 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89807-6Published: 15 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Religion, Development Studies, Cultural Studies