Religious Leadership for Family Planning

Over the last thirty years, religious leaders in Tanzania have increasingly been recruited to participate in sensitive health programs like family planning. Providing an innovative and nuanced theorization of development, religion, and health, this will be an important read for researchers of African Studies, and of faith-based development.

Mohamed Yunus Rafiq is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New York University Shanghai, China. He lives and works in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, and Shanghai, China.

Introduction Chapter 1: List from Afar Chapter 2: Peopling the List Chapter 3: Winning the Community Chapter 4: Schooling Religious Leaders Chapter 5: Of Science and Superstition Chapter 6: Selective Engagement Chapter 7: Uwepo, Spiritual Presence Conclusion