Agenda 2063 : The Africa we want

The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe. Erica Bornstein. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005. 213 pp.

The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe

Traite de sociologie religieuse publie une premiere fois en 1906 puis dans le 1er vol. des "Gesammelte Aufsatze Zur Religionssoziologie"

Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus ; Die protestantischen Sekten und der Geist des Kapitalismus : Schriften 1904-1920

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0021853703248672

African Reformation: African Initiated Christianity in the 20th Century . By A LLAN H. A NDERSON . Trenton NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2002. Pp. xvi+282. No price given (ISBN 0-86543-883-8); £15.99, paperback (ISBN 0-86543-884-6).

Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and social change in Africa

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African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development: Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches

African Initiated Churches (AICs) are not yet recognised as relevant actors of community development interventions. While it has been acknowledged that many of them provide coping mechanisms in adverse environments, support in social transformation and social capital, little information is available on their role as development actors. In this article, we evaluate the potential of AICs as partners of international development agencies for community development. We draw on interviews and focus group discussions with leaders of various AICs conducted in South Africa in February and March 2016. In particular, we examine the churches’ understanding of development, their view on the separation of spiritual and development activities and their priorities. Moreover, we outline the development activities which they are currently engaged in and analyse the structures they have in place to do so. Our findings indicate that AICs are increasingly active in community development and offer various entry points for possible cooperation.

http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/hts/v72n4/105.pdf

African Initiated Churches’ potential as development actors

Potentials of Cooperation with African Initiated Churches for Sustainable Development

Literature analysing the interrelation of religion and economic performance suggests religion to explain differences in household income. Religious communities foster economically conducive attitud...

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Philipp Öhlmann

Papers

African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development: Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches

African Initiated Churches’ potential as development actors

Potentials of Cooperation with African Initiated Churches for Sustainable Development

Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune

Introduction : African Initiated Christianity and sustainable development