9781350020368-1350020362-Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power

Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power

ISBN-13: 9781350020368
ISBN-10: 1350020362
Author: Hugh Miall, Jeremy Carrette
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781350020368
ISBN-10: 1350020362
Author: Hugh Miall, Jeremy Carrette
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover 320 pages

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Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power (ISBN-13: 9781350020368 and ISBN-10: 1350020362), written by authors Hugh Miall, Jeremy Carrette, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2017. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Religious (Church & State, Religious Studies, Sociology, World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Religious books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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How do religious groups, operating as NGOs, engage in the most important global institution for world peace? What processes do they adopt? Is there a “spiritual” UN today? This book is the first interdisciplinary study to present extensive fieldwork results from an examination of the activity of religious groups at the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Based on a three and half-year study of activities in the United Nations system, it seeks to show how “religion” operates in both visible and invisible ways.

Jeremy Carrette, Hugh Miall, Verena Beittinger-Lee, Evelyn Bush and Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud, explore the way “religion” becomes a “chameleon” idea, appearing and disappearing, according to the diplomatic aims and ambitions. Part 1 documents the challenges of examining religion inside the UN, Part 2 explores the processes and actions of religious NGOs - from diplomacy to prayer - and the specific platforms of intervention – from committees to networks – and Part 3 provides a series of case studies of religious NGOs, including discussion of Islam, Catholicism and Hindu and Buddhist NGOs. The study concludes by examining the place of diplomats and their views of religious NGOs and reflects on the place of “religion” in the UN today. The study shows the complexity of “religion” inside one of the most fascinating global institutions of the world today.

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