Urban Poverty in Bangladesh: Slum Communities, Migration and Social Integration

Contents......Page 6
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 10
Glossary......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Why Gender......Page 19
The Contribution of the Book......Page 20
What is the Study of Religion?......Page 21
Why Take an Ethnographic Approach?......Page 22
How Does Religion Combine with Ethnography?......Page 24
The Structure of the Book......Page 25
PART I - MAINSTREAMING RELIGION AND GENDER IN DEVELOPMENT......Page 34
1. Reviewing the Links between Religion, Gender and Development......Page 36
Theology and Religious Studies: Differing Approaches to Development......Page 44
The Relationship between Gender, Religion and Development......Page 50
Conclusion......Page 52
2. Understanding Global Development through Religion and Gender......Page 54
The Value of Cross-disciplinary Dialogue......Page 56
IR and Transnational Politico-religious Movements......Page 59
Anthropology of Religion......Page 61
Conclusion......Page 65
3. Gender, Mothering and Development: Case Studies of Three Hindu Transnational Movements......Page 68
The Origins and Philosophy of Each Case Study......Page 72
Cross-organizational Analysis: How Do Religious Teachings Shape Concepts of Development?......Page 90
Conclusion......Page 99
PART II - FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND DIALOGUES IN DEVELOPMENT......Page 100
4. What is a Faith-based Organization?......Page 104
What is an FBO?......Page 106
Community-level Organizations......Page 113
Intermediary Organizations......Page 117
Missionary Organizations......Page 121
Conclusion......Page 124
5. Can Compassion Bring Results? Reflections on the Work of an Intermediary FBO......Page 128
Critiques of Development Practice......Page 129
What Exactly do FBOs Offer?......Page 130
Tracing the Roots of Christian Compassion......Page 132
A Criticall Perspective on Compassion......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 143
6. Competing Visions of Development: The Story of a Faith-based Parternship......Page 146
Background/History of the Parternship......Page 149
The Feminist Theological Vision of Development......Page 152
The Professionalization of WFR and the Emergence of an Intermediary Organization......Page 161
Conclusion......Page 166
7. Gender, Gandhi and Community Organizations......Page 170
The Different Approaches of Two Community Organizations......Page 171
Translating Values into Practice......Page 172
Gandhi on Gender, Religion and Development......Page 177
Conclusion......Page 180
PART III - RELIGION AS A FEMINIST RESOURCE......Page 182
8. Physical Religious Spaces in the Lives of Rajasthani Village Women......Page 184
Religion, Communication and Participation......Page 187
Religious Spaces and Fruitful Dialogue......Page 191
Ritual Spaces as Sources of Insight into Domestic Violence......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 200
9. Positioning Religion in Research and Activism to End Domestic Violence in Rajasthan......Page 202
The Link Between Religion, Culture and Domestic Violence......Page 204
How is Religion Used in the Analysis of Domestic Violence?......Page 209
Rituals as Reflective Social Spaces......Page 213
Conclusion......Page 217
10. Puja as an Approach to Health Care......Page 218
Village Service Rajasthan (VSR)......Page 220
Village Development Project Jodhpur (VDPJ)......Page 227
Conclusion......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 234
Notes......Page 238
References......Page 264
Index......Page 284