Date/Time
Date(s) - 20/09/2018 - 21/09/2018
12:00 am
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This interdisciplinary conference explores how this global interest in the intersection between religions and development relates to current debates and practices in Ethiopia. How do religious values and practices affect/shape development outcomes? How do Ethiopian religious actors engage with the international and national development agenda and what input do they seek to make? What is the contribution of faith-based organisations to the non-governmental development sector? How do religious identities influence how development organisations and clients interact? What specific challenges arise for the engagement of faith actors in the increasingly plural religious landscape of Ethiopia? How has the Sustainable Development Goal process influenced the involvement of religious actors?
The two-day conference will bring together academics and practitioners to discuss this theme. We will accommodate contributions on any relevant aspect of this theme, but especially invite papers with relevance to one of the following SDGs: gender (SDG 5), decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), or peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16).
Submit a title and abstract (250 words) to [email protected] by 6 June 2018.
Call for papers
- How do religious values and practices affect/shape development outcomes?
- How do Ethiopian religious actors engage with the international and national development agenda and what input do they seek to make?
- What is the contribution of faith-based organisations to the non-governmental development sector?
- How do religious identities influence how development organisations and clients interact?
- What specific challenges arise for the engagement of faith actors in the increasingly plural religious landscape of Ethiopia?
- How has the Sustainable Development Goal process influenced the involvement of religious actors?
Conference organisers:
Dr Jörg Haustein, SOAS, London
Dr Dereje Feyissa, Life & Peace Institute, Addis Ababa
Professor Emma Tomalin, Leeds University, UK
For further information, download the Call for Papers or Leeds Website here
