ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a messy, complex and dynamic picture which brings to light underlying tensions and contentious issues involved in faith-based development. It seeks to illustrate the complex and dynamic constructions of the faith identities of Iglesia Evangelica Luterana de Bolivia (IELB) and Mision Alianza de Noruega en Bolivia (MAN-B). The chapter rovides examples of how contentious issues and unresolved tensions of faith-based development are global and yet fundamentally localised in their expressions. It argues that the faith-based discourses and practices of development must be understood in light of the networks with which they connect, but also the particular social, political, religious and cultural contexts in which they are situated. A key tension in faith-based development work is found in the relation between strategies and practices. Faith-based identity was also constructed through the views of development expressed in IELB and MAN-B. Questions of power in international development have been broadly discussed in research and policy discussions.
