{"product_id":"9780228022480-service-of-faith","title":"The Service of Faith","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Ethnography of Mennonites and Development\u003cbr\u003eBraiding together extensive ethnographic and archival research, Philip Fountain explores the diverse ways in which Mennonite convictions permeate the Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) work in Indonesia, and confronts the question of whether religion has a legitimate place in international development work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded over a century ago, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is regarded as one of the most important institutional carriers of Canadian and American Mennonite identity. Generations of Mennonites and others have served with the organization, carrying out development, disaster relief, and peacebuilding work in over fifty countries globally. \u003cem\u003eThe Service of Faith\u003c\/em\u003e offers an ethnography of MCC's Christian development work in Indonesia, exploring the challenges, conundrums, theologies, and ethical commitments that shape Mennonite service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe success of religious-based development work depends on effectively bridging very different cultural and religious worlds. Braiding together extensive ethnographic and archival research, Philip Fountain analyzes MCC's practices of cultural translation in the Indonesian context. While the particularities of Mennonite religious values are deeply influential for MCC's work, in practice its humanitarian project involves collaboration with a range of actors who come from widely varied religious positions. In taking a nuanced, case-specific approach to understanding how faith shapes moral projects, Fountain challenges mainstream claims to secular neutrality and the tendency to dismiss or disapprove of religious motivations in development work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the diverse ways in which Mennonite convictions permeate MCC's work in Indonesia, \u003cem\u003eThe Service of Faith\u003c\/em\u003e confronts the question of whether religion has a legitimate place in international development work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53527933682038,"sku":"9780228022480","price":30.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39539594.jpg?v=1769492318","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228022480-service-of-faith","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}