Religion in Development: Rewriting the Secular Script

This timely new book expertly explores the treatment of religion in the evolution of development thought. The book argues that development theory and practice needs to rewrite its dominant script regarding its treatment of religion, a script which has so far been heavily inscribed in the secular tradition. In addition to providing a conceptual framework for analyzing the role of religion in development, the book provides numerous empirical examples drawn from the Christian and Islamic religious traditions. This comprehensive new guide to this key issue is essential for students, development thinkers and practitioners who wish to understand better the role that religion plays in development processes and outcomes.

Severine Deneulin is Lecturer in International Development at the University of Bath, UK, and a Research Associate at the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Masooda Bano is currently a research associate at Queen Elizabeth House and a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.