POSTDEVELOPMENT AND NONSECULARISM IN AN OFFICIALLY SECULAR STATE: FAITH‐BASED SOCIAL ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

A growing body of literature on the Global Southtakes postdevelopment as a conceptual starting point, exploring the diversity of new forms of economy and empowermentproduced locally through interactions with national and global forces. Studies of postsecularismand nonsecularism in the Global North demonstrate many affinities with postdevelopment. In the Philippines, small Christian communitiesand entire dioceses are tackling community livelihood and well‐being. The Diocese of San Carlos is committed to the goal of ‘total human development’, a concept of cultural, economicand political empowermentamong communities within its borders, shedding light on debates about development and faith‐based organisation. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.