This book investigates the ways in which the humanitarian system is secular and responds to religious beliefs and practices when responding to disasters.

Olivia J. Wilkinson is Director of Research for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities. She publishes on humanitarian and refugee response, particularly around the role of local actors.

1. Introduction: why secular-religious dynamics matter in the humanitarian system

2. The secular humanitarian system

3. How people affected by disaster understand religious dynamics in the humanitarian system

4. How Humanitarians Experience Secular Dynamics in the humanitarian system

5. Evolving secular-religious dynamics in the humanitarian system

6. Conclusion