Until recently, policy-makers and academics generally saw religion as something that would disappear as countries made economic progress. But we now know that t

Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major international

Jeffrey Haynes adopts a chronological and conceptual approach to introduce students to the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of religion

Development is a key concept for thinking about the global relations between nations, in particular between North and South. But what exactly does it entail and

This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerge