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- Title
Faith and impartiality in humanitarian response: Lessons from Lebanese evangelical churches providing food aid.
- Authors
Kraft, Kathryn
- Abstract
This case study of a network of evangelical churches in Lebanon, based on data collected during an evaluation in 2014, presents a critique of common understandings about the humanitarian principle of impartiality, and questions assumptions about the compatibility between religious fervour and humanitarian values. Churches attempting to respect impartiality while implementing a food aid project for Syrian refugees have sought to mitigate potential problems through relationship-building and promotion of human dignity in order to ensure needs-responsiveness. Though many Lebanese Evangelical Christians do continue to engage in evangelistic activity, they benefit from strong community ties and demonstrate a high level of sensitivity to their beneficiaries' urgent needs as well as their sense of dignity.
- Subjects
HUMANITARIANISM; EVANGELICAL churches; FAITH &; society; FAIRNESS -- Social aspects; HUMANITARIAN assistance; INTERNATIONAL relief; FOOD relief
- Publication
International Review of the Red Cross, 2015, Vol 97, Issue 897/898, p395
- ISSN
1816-3831
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1017/S1816383115000570