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Navigating a world of religious NGO s: Ethnography, abstraction, and views of the horizon
Author(s) -
Fountain Philip,
Feener R. Michael
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/gec3.12328
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , intersection (aeronautics) , abstraction , ethnography , work (physics) , sociology , horizon , architecture , epistemology , computer science , geography , engineering , anthropology , cartography , philosophy , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy , programming language , archaeology
Since the turn of the twenty‐first century, there has been a prodigious production of typological studies seeking to “map” religious NGOs. In this paper, our intention is not to construct yet another new map of religious NGOs, or even to map these earlier mappings. Rather we would like to open up here some new conversations about the ways in which we might better understand, appreciate, and build upon work that has been done to date on NGOs at the intersection of religion and development. In doing this, we explore some alternative technologies for the navigation of this brave new world.