Religious values and social limits to development

Wilber, Charles K.; Jameson, Kenneth P.

doi:10.1016/0305-750x(80)90032-7

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“…To this end, the article has highlighted that religion has been infused with the activities of liberation movements and nationalist culture in the modern history of this region. In an innovative special issue on religion which the journal World Development ran in 1980, Wilber and Jameson (1980) pointed to the critical role of religion and cultural values in Western social policy. It is possible that such arguments are also relevant today to the Middle East.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Religion and Social Policy in the Middle East: The (Re)Constitution of an Old-New Partnership

Jawad

Yakut-Çakar

2010

Social Policy &Amp; Administration

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This article reports back on the key preliminary findings and developing arguments of research which has been funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council in four politically and culturally significant countries of the Middle East: Lebanon, Iran, Turkey and Egypt (more limited research in this country). Focusing primarily on Islam and Christianity, the article critically examines what it denotes as an old-new partnership between religious actors or institutions and social policy, understood broadly as both state and non-state interventions in the public sphere aimed at influencing social welfare and development. At a time of increasing interest in Middle Eastern social policy, driven in great part by multilateral aid agencies such as the UN and World Bank, the article offers a descriptive overview of the key dynamics of social policy in the Muslim-populated countries of the region. It then engages in discussion of how religion provides an impetus for social action by introducing a typology of religious welfare. The article thus makes a contribution to the theoretical literature in this area by departing from the conventional model of social policy in the Middle East known as the 'rentier state'. However, in recognizing that social policy in the MiddleEast remains subsidiary to concerns with economic development, the article (1) critically examines the contemporary make-up of the relationship between religion and social welfare action in the region, and (2) presents a preliminary argument for reconstituting future social policy in the region by taking better account of how religious values and ideals influence social welfare.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and Social Policy in the Middle East: The (Re)Constitution of an Old-New Partnership

Jawad

Yakut-Çakar

2010

Social Policy &Amp; Administration

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“…Concerning the issue, the World Bank launched a unit, the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, addressing to comprehend the association between faith, ethics, and quality of service delivery (Deneulin & Rakodi, 2011;Marshall & Keough, 2004). A dire warning given by Wilber and Jameson (1980) follows, if religion is segregated from the development process, whole development projects would be rejected in developing countries. The authors also mentioned that religion is not only an instrument of development but largely beyond that.…”

Section: Literature On Faith and Developmentmentioning

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“…A prominent thought of Goulet (1980) and Wilber and Jameson (1980) argued that religion impedes achieving development goals. Rakodi (2007) provided four prime reasons for exclusion of faith from the modern development discourse.…”

Section: Literature On Faith and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The authors also mentioned that religion is not only an instrument of development but largely beyond that. Broader definition of development that focuses on addressing the basic human needs would also include religious values as some other needs that end in themselves (Wilber & Jameson, 1980). Western development frameworks are based on the neoliberal ideology, hence these frameworks do not primarily address poverty rather fostering gross domestic product (GDP) growth where values, justice, and equity are highly ignored (Mesbahuddin, 2010).…”

Section: Literature On Faith and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Can Zakat System Alleviate Rural Poverty in Bangladesh? A Propensity Score Matching Approach

Sohag¹,

Mahmud²,

Alam³

et al. 2015

Journal of Poverty

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The Masjid Council for Community Advancement provided zakat funds (compulsory alms giving) and training facilities to very poor people in Bangladesh through the Hasana project to improve their living standard. The prime objective of the study was to assess the impact of zakat funds on household income and expenditure. Propensity score matching technique was used to assess the impact of the Hasana project on the households who received zakat. This study shows that income and expenditure of the zakat-receiving households increased due to project intervention.

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“…Different paradigms that played a leading role in development thinking usually maintained a rather ambivalent position vis-à-vis religion and faith, recognizing on one hand its role in individual people's lives and its contributions to welfare provision and charity, but on the other hand maintaining careful distance for including religion into political strategies towards poverty reduction. 15 Generally speaking, religion remained largely instrumental to development, whereas its intrinsic values are overlooked.…”

Section: Religion and Developmentmentioning

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Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’

Ruben

2011

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Religion has played a rather ambivalent role in the study of development. This can partly be attributed to the common emphasis on its role for providing insurance and risk reduction. Current challenges for enhancing poverty alleviation in settings of civic conflict increasingly ask attention for social mediation and new identity building. Religion can then become a key driver for supporting bridging and linking networks. This requires, however, that epistemological attention shifts from the study of 'truth' to the understanding of 'trust'.

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Religious values and social limits to development

Cited by 33 publications

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Religion and Social Policy in the Middle East: The (Re)Constitution of an Old-New Partnership

Religion and Social Policy in the Middle East: The (Re)Constitution of an Old-New Partnership

Can Zakat System Alleviate Rural Poverty in Bangladesh? A Propensity Score Matching Approach

Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’

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