Handbook of Research on Development and Religion

Edited by Matthew Clarke, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

With eighty percent of the world’s population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into development studies. The expert contributors illustrate that as religious identity is integral to a community’s culture, exclusion of religious consideration will limit successful development interventions. It is therefore necessary to conflate religion and development to enhance efforts to improve the lives of the poor.