Religion and development (RaD) has emerged as a new academic sub-discipline since the turn of the 21st century, following decades of secular assumptions and attitudes dominating development studies, and international development more broadly. In 2019, there was a little doubt that religion has been incorporated into development studies and it is therefore timely to re-appraise RaD. Recent scholarship suggests that RaD increasingly informs, engages with and influences development studies and development practice—providing rich empirical material, broader disciplinary engagement and deeper analytical insight. Drawing on a survey of almost—mainly English language—700 publications, this article traces the emergence and establishment of RaD. The article traces the emergence of the field (2000–10) and then its subsequent more critical engagement with development studies (between 2011 and 2018). The article concludes by identifying five emerging contemporary research themes within RaD and future research opportunities.

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宗教与发展：追踪不断发展的子学科的轨迹

自 21 世纪之交以来，宗教与发展 (RaD) 已成为一个新的学术分支学科，几十年来世俗假设和态度主导了发展研究和更广泛的国际发展。2019年，宗教被纳入发展研究有点怀疑，因此重新评估RaD是及时的。最近的学术研究表明，RaD 越来越多地为发展研究和发展实践提供信息、参与和影响——提供丰富的经验材料、更广泛的学科参与和更深入的分析洞察力。本文基于对几乎（主要是英语）700 种出版物的调查，追溯了 RaD 的出现和建立。这篇文章追溯了该领域的出现（2000-10 年），以及随后对发展研究（2011 年至 2018 年）的批判性参与。文章最后确定了 RaD 中五个新兴的当代研究主题和未来的研究机会。