Sen's view and the Christian view part ways with the further Christian understanding that the freedom that God grants to human beings—including freedom not to believe in God if that is our choice—is not the unlimited freedom of the autonomous Western self. It is a freedom to give up some of our freedom because we can better love God and our neighbor when we do. This perspective on human freedom and agency represents a point at which the Christian development community has something to offer to the larger development community.
