| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : The secularization and sanctification of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Janice Gross Stein -- Faith in markets / Stephen Hopgood and Leslie Vinjamuri -- "Cultural proximity" and the conjuncture of Islam with modern humanitarianism / Jonathan Benthall -- Religious obligation or altruistic giving? Muslims and charitable donations / Ajaz Ahmed Khan -- The role of spirituality in humanitarian crisis survival and recovery / Peter Walker [and others] -- Religious giving outside the law in New Delhi / Erica Bornstein -- Pyrrhic victories? French Catholic missionaries, modern expertise, and secularizing technologies / Bertrand Taithe -- Faith in the machine? Humanitarianism in an age of bureaucratization / Michael Barnett -- Bridging the sacred and the profane in humanitarian life / Andrea Paras and Janice Gross Stein |
| Summary |
Collectively, the chapters in this volume comprise an original and authoritative account of how religion has reshaped the global humanitarian movement in recent times |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2012) |
| Subject |
Humanitarian assistance.
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Church work with disaster victims.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Church work with disaster victims
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Humanitarian assistance
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Hulpverlening.
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Naastenliefde.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barnett, Michael N., 1960- Contributor.
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Stein, Janice Gross, Contributor.
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| LC no. |
2011047127 |
| ISBN |
9780199950447 |
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019995044X |
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9780199916030 |
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0199916039 |
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