Should god play a role in development?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 781-786

  de Kadt, Emanuel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development and religion; Faith based organisations; Fundamentalism; Latin America; Pentecostalism; Religion and identity; Roman Catholic Church

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; RELIGION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 69849094254     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1617     Document Type: Article

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