Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts including with local partners and communities of different faiths. Likewise secular NGOs and donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or international FBOs that cross faith boundaries whether with their partners donors or recipient communities. The book investigates the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development contexts from India Cambodia and Myanmar to Melanesia Bosnia Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts of these cross-faith partnerships including their work on conflict and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This book is an invaluable guide for graduates researchers and students with an interest in development and religious studies as well as practitioners within the aid sector.|Development Across Faith Boundaries | Development Studies
