This volume gathers together twelve critical and creative essays on development and religion. It explores some theoretical concepts that deepens our understanding of human development. It analyses how religion has been instrumental and detrimental to human progress. It critiques, based on ethics of the marginalized, the phenomenon development and offers possible alternatives to a human development that is all inclusive, interdisciplinary and relevant to our challenging times.

Dedicated to Prof. Kurien Kunnumpuram SJ, this volume encourages interdisciplinary research on human potentials, fosters creative religious vision in promoting a more humane and integral development, that is sensitive to the marginalised (Dalits, Tribals, Women) and open to contemporary concerns (ecological sustainability, spiritual openness, etc.).

Exploring untrodden frontiers, this book offers hope for an integral and integrated development, inspired by the rich Indian heritage and wisdom.