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Introduction
An international research partnership exploring the relationships between several major world religions, development in low-income countries and poverty reduction. It focuses on four countries (India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania), enabling the research team to study most of the major world religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and African traditional belief systems. Based at the University of Birmingham, England, the programme works with researchers in other UK institutions and the focus countries. Announcements
RaD Conference 2010First Announcement and Call for PapersReligion Shaping Development: Inspirational, Inhibiting, Institutionalised?21-23 July 2010, University of Birmingham, EnglandA major event organised by the Religions and Development Research Programme Latest News
Read the latest reports on some recent events attended by members of the RaD programme: Religion, Ethics and Attitudes Toward Corruption in India, Workshop held at the University of Hyderabad, India, 28-29 January 2010 Life After the Riots: Violence, Rehabilitation and Citizenship, Report of a Seminar held in Ahmedabad, India, 15 December 2009 Latest Research Outputs
The following Policy Briefs, Working Papers and Research Summaries have recently been added to the website: Policy Briefs Policy Brief 1 (2009) Rethinking madrasa reform in Pakistan Policy Brief 2 (2009) Religions, democracy and governance: spaces for the marginalized in contemporary India Policy Brief 3 (2009) Ambivalent state-madrasa relationships and madrasa modernization in India Working Papers Working Paper 15 (2009) The State and Madrasas in India Padmaja Nair Working Paper 35 (2009) Beyond the Religious Impasse: Mobilizing for Muslim Women's Rights in India Nida Kirmani Working Paper 39 (2009) Religion, Politics and Governance in Nigeria Insa Nolte with Nathaniel Danjibo and Abubaker Oladeji Working Paper 40 (2009) Religion, Politics and the Everyday Moral Order in Bangladesh Joe Devine and Sarah White Research Summaries Working Paper 15 (2009) The state and madrasas in India Padmaja Nair Working Paper 35 (2009) Mobilizing for Muslim women's rights in India Nida Kirmani Working Paper 39 (2009) Religion, Politics and Governance in Nigeria Insa Nolte, Nathaniel Danjibo and Abubaker Oladeji Working Paper 40 (2009) Religion, Politics and the Everyday Moral Order in Bangladesh Joe Devine and Sarah White Website last updated: 16/03/2010 |
The Golden Temple (Harimandir Sahib), Amritsar, India. The Golden Temple is the Sikhs' holiest shrine. The Religions and Development Research Programme is an international research partnership exploring the relationships between several major world religions, development in low-income countries and poverty reduction. |
