Sarah Thompson reflects on the current religious debates surrounding the implementation of a human milk bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thompson considers potential ways to offer more inclusive milk-sharing practices in Muslim-majority communities and elsewhere.
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Faith in Development
Faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders often work in tandem with secular global development practitioners, with similar motivations to fight poverty and alleviate suffering. At the same time, many development practitioners work with faith actors engaged in the community. This blog…
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September 13, 2016
How do religious factors affect Senegal’s development agendas?
The Berkley Center at Georgetown University and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) presented the findings of their two-year effort to “map” the intersections of development and religious…
February 22, 2016
Women Countering Violent Extremism: Under the Radar?
Religious literacy has taken on new importance for security
and peace efforts focused on countering violent extremism. Groups such as Boko
Haram, Al-Shabaab, and ISIS use Islamic rhetoric to recruit…
Faith in Action
On Faith in Action Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall tracks the faith-inspired activities of people and institutions across the globe and across religious traditions, with a focus on development and humanitarian issues. Earlier posts were originally published by the Huffington Post or…
Recent Blog Posts
February 27, 2026
Special Legacies of a Mentor: Wolfgang Danspeckgruber
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, longtime Princeton University professor and founder/leader of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination, died earlier this month. His short illness left many in shock…
During the February 2026 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, DC, a plenary panel on Prioritizing IRF Commitment of Global Democracies offered an especially helpful lens on the…
February 15, 2026
Saint Valentine and a Historical Meander
As Valentine chocolates and roses give way at CVS and Safeway for green shamrocks, St. Patrick, and Easter eggs, some fascinating history and legends around February 14, the “feast of love” came to…