African Indigenous Churches (AICs) and development

J J Kritzinger

doi:10.4102/ve.v11i1.1011

Abstract

Development is one of the most important topics for discussion and action in the Third World. It is however an extremely controversial subject. Taking as point of departure the nowadays generally accepted notion that all development must actually benefit the people concerned in a wholistic way, this article attempts to contribute to the discussion by criticising some general notions and indicating some of the pitfalls in development thinking.

Highlights

At the New ERA Conference held around New Year 1984 in Puerto Rico, the intrepid researcher of New Religious Movements in the Third World, Harold W Turner, read a paper on "The relationship between development and New Religious Movements in the tribal societies of the Third World"
Development is one of the m ost im portant to p ics for discussion and action in the Third W orld
T aking as point of departure the nowadays generally accepted notion that all develop m ent must a ctually benefit the people concerned in a w holistic way, this article attem pts to contribute to the discussion by criticisin g some general notions and indicating some of the p itfa lls in developm ent th in kin g

Summary

Introduction

At the New ERA Conference held around New Year 1984 in Puerto Rico, the intrepid researcher of New Religious Movements in the Third World, Harold W Turner, read a paper on "The relationship between development and New Religious Movements in the tribal societies of the Third World". T aking as point of departure the nowadays generally accepted notion that all develop m ent must a ctually benefit the people concerned in a w holistic way, this article attem pts to contribute to the discussion by criticisin g some general notions and indicating some of the p itfa lls in developm ent th in kin g.

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Conclusion