Institutional Logics within Faith-Based Aid: A New Approach to Organising in Development, Humanitarianism...

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Nina G. Kurlberg

Institutional Logics within Faith-Based Aid

A New Approach to Organising in Development, Humanitarianism and Advocacy

Nina G. Kurlberg

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English

Routledge
19 July 2024

Development studies; Religious ethics; Religion & politics; Organisational theory & behaviour; Public ownership & nationalisation

Series: Routledge Research in Religion and Development

This book investigates what faith means in the actual day-to-day practice of faith-based NGOs working in the development, humanitarian, and advocacy sectors.

Faith-based organisations play an extremely prominent role in international aid and development, operating within the same sphere as organisations without an explicit religious affiliation. This book uses the case study of a UK-based Christian faith-based organisation to develop an analytic tool using institutional logics. Through exploration of how various institutional logics are manifested and negotiated across organisational practice, the book describes how the ‘telos,’ or objective, of the corporate logic (to sustain the organisation) interacts with the telos of the religious logic (namely, to worship God). The book demonstrates that since organisational practices must ultimately work to sustain the organisation, at the organisational level faith is restricted to certain spaces and forms, while at the individual level faith is dominant and active.

Bringing a fresh perspective to discussions of religion and development by highlighting how faith influences development at the organisational level, this book will be an important read for researchers working on global development.

By: Nina G. Kurlberg
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781032770086
ISBN 10: 1032770082
Series: Routledge Research in Religion and Development
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 19 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nina G. Kurlberg is Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University. In her PhD (University of Edinburgh, 2023), she used the lens of institutional logics to explore what the faith orientation of faith-based organisations means in actual practice. Nina has worked within the international development sector for nearly a decade, both in the UK and Sri Lanka. Most recently, she worked for Tearfund – a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organisation – developing theology in the area of diversity and inclusion (D&I). Nina is co-editor of Theologies and Practices of Inclusion and Disability Inclusion in Africa.

Reviews for Institutional Logics within Faith-Based Aid: A New Approach to Organising in Development, Humanitarianism and Advocacy

“In this impressive book Nina Kurlberg offers us a new lens for examining the operations of large faith-based organisations that takes seriously what their faith orientation means in actual practice. This suggests a new approach in the study of religion and development, of interest to scholars, development actors and faith-based organisations themselves.” Emma Tomalin, Professor of Religion and Public Life, University of Leeds “A valuable analysis of faith-based organisations that takes seriously the complex space between individual and collective identities. Nina Kurlberg carefully explores how religion is embedded in the institutional logics that frame aid and development work across the world today.” Mathew Guest, Professor in the Sociology of Religion, Durham University “Nina Kurlberg's book is a must-read for those interested in faith-based organisations (FBOs), offering a compelling and nuanced examination of their practice. By introducing a new perspective and developing an analytical tool based on it, Kurlberg provides a valuable framework for future studies in this field.” Gry Espedal, Theologian and Associate Professor at VID specialized University, Oslo, Norway