FMR 48 - Faith and the secular: tensions in realising humanitarian principles

Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48) by Oxford University

Jun 4, 20158:13Religion & Spirituality

There is good reason to engage faith-based organisations and local faith communities in humanitarian response but doing so raises challenging issues for the interpretation of humanitarian principles in what some see as a...

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