Contribution of the religion for local development: a case study of the organization "Dando as Mãos"

Abstract

The unstable social tissues of rural Brazilian area shows that ownership of the land itself has failed to develop. Of the institutions that came into contact with before and after land ownership, religious organizations are most remembered. The article analyzed the role of religion in the social organization of the settlement by interviews with settlers. The trust has stood as the decisive action of restoring the fragile bonds in the studied community.

Religion Institutions; Sustainable development; Trust; informal institutions