Séverine Deneulin|Carole Rakodi
Revisiting Religion: Development Studies Thirty Years On
University of Bath|University of Birmingham
paper reassesses treatment religion development studies 30 years publication special issue world development religion development given changes social political context consideration subject religion longer avoided paper identifies two implications development studies first assumptions secularization secularism supposedly define relationships religion society politics revisited second development studies must recognize religion dynamic heterogeneous development studies religion concerned meaning progress better life implying attention given social historical processes meaning creation requiring shift positivist interpretivist research methods paper concludes looking consideration religion transforming development studies