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Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues

This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital for societal development. From the outset, it has to be acknowledged that the majority of world's religious beliefs and practices are resting largely on an appreciable amount of v...

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Main Author: Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin
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Language:English
Published: Tughra Books 2012
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H10 Societies
HM831 Social change
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spelling my.iium.irep.268352015-08-18T04:04:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26835/ Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin H10 Societies HM831 Social change This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital for societal development. From the outset, it has to be acknowledged that the majority of world's religious beliefs and practices are resting largely on an appreciable amount of values and virtues. Religious teachings such as respect for human life, the elderly, women, care for children, the destitute, etc. are fundamental virtues and values underpinning the articles of faith of almost all the world's religions including the so-called primitive religions. With that in mind, the paper sets out to examine the benefits of religion-as an embodiment of values and virtues-to society in terms of how people are galvanised into a cohesive and integrated group conducive for building social capital through social contacts and networking. Tughra Books 2012-07 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26835/1/Fountain_Magazine_-_Issue_-_building-social-capital-for-development-july-augst-2012.mht Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin (2012) Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues. The Fountain Magazine (88). ISSN 0967-9928 http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/building-social-capital-for-development-july-augst-2012
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HM831 Social change
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HM831 Social change
Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin
Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues
description This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital for societal development. From the outset, it has to be acknowledged that the majority of world's religious beliefs and practices are resting largely on an appreciable amount of values and virtues. Religious teachings such as respect for human life, the elderly, women, care for children, the destitute, etc. are fundamental virtues and values underpinning the articles of faith of almost all the world's religions including the so-called primitive religions. With that in mind, the paper sets out to examine the benefits of religion-as an embodiment of values and virtues-to society in terms of how people are galvanised into a cohesive and integrated group conducive for building social capital through social contacts and networking.
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title Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues
title_short Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues
title_full Building social capital for development: the role of religious values and virtues
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