Tag: Transformational Development

• March 6, 2018

  The Impact of Christian Theology on Economic Outcomes

  Religion, spiritual practices, and faith are easily observable factors in the daily lives of people almost anywhere in the world. This leads many to speculate and theorize about the role of religion in driving economic and social outcomes. Positive correlations abound between religiosity and a host of factors that may influence economic success. Correlation, however,…
• May 9, 2017

  Evaluating ‘Transformational Development’ – Forthcoming in F&E

  I’m happy to report that a paper stemming from my fieldwork in Kenya is (finally) being published in the Faith & Economics journal. Although F&E is a relatively niche journal, it is my first peer-reviewed research publication in an academic journal and reports on work I performed before I even began my MS program. The paper…
• January 17, 2017

  [Book Review] Slow Kingdom Coming

  Over the past few weeks – in the break between semesters – I’ve been able to find time to read. I’ve read less than I wanted to (of course), but have thoroughly enjoyed each of the books I read. In this post, I will review one of these books, Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice,…
• April 13, 2016

  ‘Learning Toward Transformation’: A working paper from my time in Kenya

  In the year following my graduation from college, and before starting up graduate studies at Michigan State, I lived and worked in Western Kenya. I was working with the Africa Theological Seminary, which was developing a new economic development program and wanted some evaluation work done on this new program. When I arrived in Kitale,…