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Mission and Development: God's Work or Good Works?

Mission and Development: God's Work or Good Works?

Clarke, Matthew

Hardcover

Comparative ReligionGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1441182632
ISBN13: 9781441182630
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Mar 29 2012
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
This book considers the implications, consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and development endeavours coincide. This is explored from various perspectives, including that of history, theology and those involved in mission work and missionary organizations. Despite eighty per cent of the world's population professing religious belief, religion has been largely excluded from consideration of those seeking to achieve development in poorer countries. Moreover, the work of missionaries has often involved the provision of basic welfare services that in many parts of the world predate the interventions undertaken by 'professional' secular aid workers. Are missionaries doing development work or is development a critical aspect of mission?

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