7h. Christianity and Development in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Ecumenical Conference. Asian Ecumenical Conference on the Role of Health in the Development of Nations: Decemeber 7–13, 1972, Bangkok. Bangkok, 1973.

Asian Forum on Justice and Development (Singapore, 1984). Justice and Development. Geneva: World Council of Churches/CCA-CCPD, 1984.

Asian Seminar on Religion and Development (2nd, 1975). Religion and Development in Asia: A Sociological Approach with Christian Reflections. Baguio, Philippines: Baguio Feres Seminar, 1976.

Castro, Loreta N., and Arij A. Roest Crollius, eds. Poverty and Development: The Call of the Catholic Church in Asia. Rome: International Jacques Maritain Institute, 1995.

Catholic Institute for International Relations. Development and Underdevelopment in Asia. London: CIIR, 1980.

Chatterji, S. K., ed. The Asian Meaning of Modernization: East Asian Christian Conference Studies. Delhi: East Asian Christian Conference/Indian Society for the Propogation of Christian Knowledge, 1972.

Egan, J. “Community Development in Asia: A Catholic Perspective.” In Development That Works! Lessons from Asia-Pacific, ed. A. Crosbie Walsh, E12.1–7. Board of Development Studies Monograph no. 3. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Amokura Publications, 1993.

Fernandez, K. “Technology and Development: Choices Before Us.” Focus (Pastoral Institute, Multan, Pakistan) 13, no. 1 (1993): 5–12.

Hedayetul Huq, A. K. M. “Aspects of Christian NGO Work in a Muslim Society: Challenges and Response in Bangladesh.” Special issue, South Asia 22 (1999): 209–20.

Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. Sambahaginan: An Experience in Community Development Work. Diliman, Quezon City. Philippines: Institute For Studies In Asian Church And Culture, 1992.

Matthews, J. V. G. “The Impact of Seventh-Day Adventist Sponsored Aid Projects on Selected Islamic Communities in Rural Pakistan.” Paper prepared for the Symposium for Seventh-Day Adventist Islamicists, Newbold College, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, 1992.

Nichols, A. Creating a New Mosaic: World Vision Working with the Churches and Religions of Lebanon. Melbourne: World Vision Australia, 1995.
_______. Living Stones: Theology and Development in Palestine. Melbourne: World Vision Australia, 1995.

Nyce, R., ed. Lead Us Not Into Imitation: Report. Singapore: East Asia Christian Conference, 1973.

Perkins, Harvey L. “Four Bible Studies on Development in the Asian Context.” Southeast Asia Journal of Theology 21, no. 1 (1980): 78–110.

Quevedo, O. B. “Development in Asia: A View from Below.” Landas (Loyola School of Theology, Manila) 10, no. 2 (1996): 142–64.

Timm, Richard.W. “Poverty and Development.” Prodipon: Theological and Pastoral Review (Dhaka) 19, no. 3 (1996): 102–109.

India

Caritas India Quarterly (Caritas India/Catholic Bishops Conference of India).
All India Christian Consultation on Development. Hunger for Justice: Report of the All India Christian Consultation on Development, New Delhi, 23–27 February 1970. New Delhi: Christian Agency for Social Action, 1970.

Augustine, John S. “Forms of Christian Participation in Development: Insights from Tamil Nadu.” In Strategies for Third World Development, ed. John S. Augustine, 47–55. New Delhi; Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications India, 1989.

Benjamin, K. M. S., ed. People Based Development: Report and the Background Materials of the Seminar Organised by Madras Social Service Society, Caritas (India), January 21–23, 1980. Madras: Madras Social Service Society, Caritas (India), 1980.

Chetti, Daniel D., ed. Ecology and Development: Theological Perspectives. Madras: United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India, 1991.

Corrie, B. P. “Catholic Social Teaching and the Indian Economy: An Alternative Vision.” Indian Missiological Review 15, no. 2 (1993): 64+

D’Silva, B. “Development in Mission.” Indian Missiological Review 18, no. 4 (1996): 22–30.

Frykholm, Y. Christian Churches as Agents of Socio-Economic Development in India: With Particular Reference to Action for Food Production (AFPRO). Uppsala, Sweden, 1969.

Houtart, Francois. The Development Projects as a Social Practice of the Catholic Church in India. Louvain: Centre for Socio-Religious Research, Catholic University of Louvain, 1976.

Kumarappa, J. C. Christianity, Its Economy and Way of Life. Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Publishing House, 1945.

Kurien, C. T. Poverty and Development. Madras: Christian Literature Service, 1974.

Lapp, G. J. The Christian Church and Rural India: A Report on Christian Rural Reconstruction and Welfare Service. Calcutta: YMCA Publications, 1938.

Oommen, M. A., ed. Development: Perspectives and Problems. Bangalore: Christian Literature Service/Ecumenical Christian Centre, 1971.

Peenikaparampil, J. "Rural Development Service Society, Silwani: An Experiment in Partnership in Development.” Indian Missiological Review 18, no. 4 (1996): 31–44.

Roy Burman, J. J. “Christianity and Development Among the Hill Tribes of North East India.” Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 23, no. 3 (1988): 203–13.

Samuel, C. B. “Issues and Challenges for Christian NGOs in the India of the Twenty First Century.” Transformation 13, no. 4 (1996): 9–11.

Tellis-Mayak, J. B. “Efforts at Women’s Development: A Professional and Personal Perspective.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 7, no. 2 (1991): 139–48.

Vadakumpadan, P. “Development Through Evangelization, Evangelization Through Development: The Experience of the North East.” Indian Missiological Review 18, no. 4 (1996): 66–74.

Wilkes, J. “But We’re Not Afraid to Speak Anymore”: A Report on the Church World Service Consultation in India on Women in Development. New York: Church World Service, 1977.

Zeliang, D. K. “The Christian Responsibility to Utilize Local Resources for Self-Reliance.” Religion and Society 42, no. 3 (1995): 80–90.

Sri Lanka

Devananda, Y. Living Dialogue: Documents of a Development Movement Among Peasants and Youth in Sri Lanka. Hong Kong: World Student Christian Federation, 1977.

Houtart, Francois. “Attitudes Toward Development Among Catholics in Sri Lanka.” World Development 8, nos. 7–8 (1980): 603–12.

Howell, L. “Third World Development: A Test Case in Sri Lanka.” Christianity and Crisis (New York) 41 (25 May 1981): 148–51.

Jacobi, N. “Small Is Beautiful: A Rural Development Programme That Works.” Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives 6, nos. 2–3 (1987): 158–69.
_______. Evaluation of the World Vision Sri Lanka Development Programs: Preliminary Report. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle, 1985.

South East Asia

Falcone, Bal Cordero. Christian Economics for the Philippines: Developmental Ideology, Your Best Reason for Joining Politics. Metro Manila, Philippines: B. C. Falcone, 1985.

Fung, Jojo M. “Ongoing Dialogue on Environment Ethic: A Basis for a General Malaysian Rainforest Ethics and Its Ensuing Liturgical Practices.” East Asian Pastoral Review 23, no. 4 (1997): 311–24.

Genato-Rebullida, M. L. “Church Development Perspective: Policy Formation and Implementation.” Philippine Journal of Public Administration 35, no. 1 (1991): 70–97.

Schmidt, Wolfgang, ed. Creative Commitment: The Response of the Churches in Indonesia to the Development Challenge. Geneva: Commission on the Churches’ Participation in Development, World Council of Churches, 1979.

Webb, Paul. “Hill Tribes and Catholics.” Journal of the Siam Society 81, no. 1 (1993): 111–16.
_______. “K’la and the Catholics of Chiang Mai: Village Development in the Northwest of Thailand.” Journal of the Siam Society 80, no. 2 (1992): 81–88.
_______. Rural Development and Tradition: The Churches in Bali and Flores. Clayton, Vic, Australia: Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 1990.
_______. “Church and Temple: Socio-Economic Developments in Northeast Thailand.” Journal of the Siam Society 78, no. 1 (1990): 54–62.
_______. “‘The Opium of the People . . . ’: A Brief Survey of Some Protestant Development Strategies in Northwest Thailand.” Journal of the Siam Society 78, no. 2 (1990): 43–50.

Pacific

Aerts, Theo. “The Catholic Church and Economic Development in Papua.” Melanesian Journal of Theology 8, no. 2 (1992): 67–97.

Curnow, E. J. Human Development: A Christian Response. Catholic Church and the Development of Peoples in the South Pacific Conference (Suva, Fiji, 1972), Booklet no. 5. Wellington, New Zealand: Episcopal Conference on the Pacific/CORSO, 1973.

Groves, D. “Entity, Justice and Development.” South Pacific Journal of Mission Studies no. 19 (1997): 3–8.

Kadiba, John. “Ethics and Development: A Theological Perspective.” In Ethics and Development in Papua New Guinea, ed. Gernot Fugmann, 51–66. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1986.

Mantovani, Ennio. “The Role of the Church in Development.” Point: Forum for Melanesian Affairs 7, no. 1 (1978): 13–26.

Webb, P. Palms and the Cross-Socio-Economic Development in Nusatenggara, 1930–1975. South East Asian monograph, no. 15. Townsville, Australia: Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland, 1986.

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