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Faith and charity : religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa

Title
Faith and charity : religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa / edited by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin.
Publication
London : Pluto Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, 1966-
  • Audet Gosselin, Louis
Description
xi, 238 pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Anthropology, culture and society
Uniform Title
Anthropology, culture, and society.
Subject
  • Humanitarian assistance > Africa, West
  • Church charities > Africa, West
  • Islam > Charities
  • Anthropology of religion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Faith, charity and the ethics of volunteerism in West Africa / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Lois Audet Gosselin -- Reflections on the socio-political roles of Islamic NGOs in West Africa : Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso / Mathias Savadogo, Muriel Gomez-Perez and Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Muslim NGOs in Côte d'Ivoire : towards an Islamic culture of charity / Issouf Binaté -- Catholic NGOs in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire : a case apart? / Louis Audet Gosselin and Boris Koenig -- Precarious agency in the face of 'good governance' : the NGO-isation of Muslim women's associations in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Leaders of national and transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso : diverse forms and experiences of Islamic civic engagement / Kathéry Couillard, Frédérick Madoe and Muriel Gomez-Perez -- Private evangelical assistance to orphans and vulnerable children in Burkina Faso : religious voluntarism and the road to success / Louis Audet Gosselin -- From local to transnational challenges : religious leaders and Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso / Mara Vitale -- Christian citizenship, evangelical NGOs and the ethics of holistic rehabilitation among socially marginalised groups in Côte d'Ivoire / Boris Koenig.
Call Number
Sc D 16-1772
ISBN
  • 0745336736
  • 9780745336732
OCLC
962015439
Title
Faith and charity : religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa / edited by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin.
Publisher
London : Pluto Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Anthropology, culture and society
Anthropology, culture, and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, 1966- editor.
Audet Gosselin, Louis, editor.
Research Call Number
Sc D 16-1772
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