Between Humanitarianism and Evangelism in Faith-Based Organisations - A Case From the African Migration Route

This book examines how the work of faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help us understand the role of religion in humanitarianism and international aid work.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms

1. Chapter 1 Introduction

1. Chapter 2 Reflections on an ethnography: faith and migration
   





2. Chapter 3Transnational faith communities: improvisation and invention
   





3. Chapter 4 External relations: "If God is for us, who can attack us?"
   





4. Chapter 5 Organisational mission and identity: "They are one"





5. Chapter 6 Internal dynamics: staff precariousness and staff misconduct
   





6. Chapter 7 Conclusion

Index

About the author

May Ngo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

Summary

This book examines how the work of faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help us understand the role of religion in humanitarianism and international aid work.

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"This rich ethnography of a Christian faith-based organisation working with irregular migrants in Morocco provides new insights into the ways in which such organisations both move through and simultaneously shape transnational, religious, and humanitarian spaces. May Ngo’s work insightfully highlights the importance of local faith communities in contemporary humanitarian and development contexts, while also contributing to broader conversations on contemporary reconfigurations of both ‘religion’ and ‘humanitarianism’ through their contextualised interactions." R. Michael Feener, Sultan of Oman Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford, UK
"This is a wonderfully detailed and nuanced book which, in the best tradition of ethnography, casts new light on the world of faith-based organisations. Focusing on a specific Protestant organisation and the work it carries out among irregular migrants in Morocco, May Ngo examines the ways in which precariousness and aporia are inscribed into the lives of humanitarians and migrants alike. This is a deeply compassionate and insightful account into some of the biggest ethical challenges facing the world today." -- Philip Fountain, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Product details

• Authors: May Ngo, May (Swinburne University of Technology Ngo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367666873
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66687-3
• No. of pages: 12
• Series: Routledge Research in Religion and Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Religious issues & debates, Aid & relief programmes, Development Studies, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Religious ministry and clergy, Religious issues and debates, Sub-Saharan Africa, Aid and relief programmes