Peacebuilding for faith-based development organisations: informing theory and practice

@article{Nicholas2014PeacebuildingFF,
  title={Peacebuilding for faith-based development organisations: informing theory and practice},
  author={Si{\^a}n Nicholas},
  journal={Development in Practice},
  year={2014},
  volume={24},
  pages={245 - 257}
}
  • Siân Nicholas
  • Published 17 February 2014
  • Political Science
  • Development in Practice
Faith leaders and their congregations have been recognised as holding the potential to engage positively in peacebuilding activities in a post-conflict context. Alongside this, faith-based development organisations (FBDOs) have the ability to engage with these constituencies to increase the peacebuilding impact of their activities. This paper presents a framework of faith engagement for FBDOs to work with local faith leaders and people of faith to develop the peacebuilding impact of development… 
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