Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged. As mapped out by Marie Nathalie Le Blanc and Louis Audet Gosselin, in West Africa Christian and Muslim organisations have come to dominate the field of humanitarian assistance.
Moving beyond mainstream development theory, Faith and Charity brings out the crucial role of religion in the development process and the interplay of moral and political ideologies....
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1. Introduction: Faith, Charity and the Ethics of Volunteerism in West Africa – Marie Nathalie Le Blanc and Lo...
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Marie Nathalie Le Blanc is an anthropologist and professor in the Department of Sociology at Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Her publications deal with religion and ...