Religion can both complement as well as motivate development. The avenues by which
religion influences development activities in different faiths and regions are haunting in
their complexity. Religious people and institutions may be agents of advocacy, funding,
innovation, empowerment, social movements, and service delivery. Equally, religious
people and institutions can incite violence, model hierarchy, oppose empowerment
(women should stay at home); deflect advocacy (we care about the next life); absorb
funding (build a new worship hall); and cast aspersions on service delivery.18
In a paper titled “Religion and Development”, Sabina Alkire studies these aspects. She
examines various perspectives of religion affecting development. She says, religion may
contribute directly to a person’s flourishing or contentedness, and comprise a dimension
of human well-being. She links Religion to happiness, a subject studied in psychology.
She says that if development aims to expand the freedoms people value and have reason
to value, and if religion is so valued, then religious freedoms should be part of
development.
Alkire contends that religion may become a practical problem when religious
leaders or institutions obstruct development or view it as a threat because it promotes
western liberal secular culture and human rights, or when religious rhetoric is a veneer
for other motives. Classic issues of value conflict surround family planning methods such
as contraception and abortion, HIV/AIDS prevention and implicit messages related to
sexual morality and women’s empowerment; other issues might relate to secularism,
sacred sites, dress, or tolerance of outside groups. In development such values and
practices may be addressed under the label of ‘culture’
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Religion can both complement as well as motivate development. The avenues by which religion influences development activities in different faiths and regions are haunting in their complexity. Religious people and institutions may be agents of advocacy, funding, innovation, empowerment, social movements, and service delivery. Equally, religious people and institutions can incite violence, model hierarchy, oppose empowerment (women should stay at home); deflect advocacy (we care about the next life); absorb funding (build a new worship hall); and cast aspersions on service delivery.18 In a paper titled “Religion and Development”, Sabina Alkire studies these aspects. She examines various perspectives of religion affecting development. She says, religion may contribute directly to a person’s flourishing or contentedness, and comprise a dimension of human well-being. She links Religion to happiness, a subject studied in psychology. She says that if development aims to expand the freedoms people value and have reason to value, and if religion is so valued, then religious freedoms should be part of development. Alkire contends that religion may become a practical problem when religious leaders or institutions obstruct development or view it as a threat because it promotes western liberal secular culture and human rights, or when religious rhetoric is a veneer for other motives. Classic issues of value conflict surround family planning methods such เป็นการคุมกำเนิดและทำแท้ง การป้องกันเอดส์และข้อความนัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับ ศีลธรรมทางเพศและเสริมสร้างพลังอำนาจของผู้หญิง ปัญหาอื่น ๆ ที่อาจเกี่ยวข้องกับฆราวาสนิยม สถานที่ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แต่งกาย หรือยอมรับของกลุ่มภายนอก ในการพัฒนา เช่นค่า และ แนวทางปฏิบัติที่อาจอยู่ภายใต้ป้ายชื่อของ 'วัฒนธรรม'
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