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in circulation. It is rather the extent of the circulation, acceptance, understanding, and meaning of a particular body of knowledge, philosophy, or worldview, over the spiritual and socio-political ... quest to identify the fundamental tenets of the worldviews of the specific esoteric society, the eclectic nature of its philosophy, and how this philosophy relates to the orthodoxy of the day
rights, such a defense inevitably forces it to confront and challenge structures responsible for bad governance. Such confrontation or challenge of political or social structures (which it deems ... argues, is influenced by the Catholic Church's religious and political structure. Keywords: Catholic Church, Empathetic Dialogical Method, Catholic Bishops' Conference, pastoral letters, Zimbabwean state
The idea of a moral economy has gained salience in the 21st century. It has been used by economists, political scientists, and to a lesser extent, scholars of religion, for alternative values of ... 'economy' in his well-known Muqaddimah, which has been celebrated as a philosophy and sociology of history. His analysis of the sources of livelihood f al-maãsh wa wujühuh) offers a rich account of human
context of Kerala, South India, to deny Muslims the right to political agency. By analyzing the traveling of Islamophobia in the Global South, this article shows how the gender-based stereotypes of Islamic ... threat of Muslim subjectivity is applied in unique ways. Keywords: Islamophobia, Malala Yousafzai, Taliban, Muslims in Kerala, Islamic political subjectivity Introduction This article
political advisers in towns like Gonja, Dagomba, Wala, Banda, and Mamprussi (Goody 1968:67; Pontzen 2021:56). In this article, I will discuss the two main approaches employed by Dyula Muslims as they ... three features which contributed to the success of the Dyula people as Muslim agents. First, the Dyula largely prioritized spirituality over and above accurate knowledge of Islamic philosophy, theology
Zimbabwe's political history from 2000 to the present epoch has been characterized by violence. This violence reached its peak in 2008 when ZANU PF was defeated at the polls by the opposition party ... sexually abused. In this context of political violence, various church groups emerged as the church in Zimbabwe broke its culture of silence and sought to condemn the deployment of divisive politics and the
similar African Salafi-oriented organizations, such as the AQIM in Algeria and al-Shabaab in Somalia. This article traces the socio-political and organizational background upon which this organization ... who worked in the area. The study explains how the evolution of such an organization is rooted in context-specific political structures within Northern Nigeria. The argument is that these are enabling
modern political and social structures. Modern prescriptions on agency limit the study of religion - a domain which is largely constituted by narratives involving non-human agents. A remedy for the impasse ... modern and secular agentic human remains largely unchallenged. Tracing this trend back in European history shows that a definitive collapsing of agency was necessary for the development of modern political
A distinct phenomenon of religio-political actors that emerged in Zimbabwe as a result of the socio-economic and political crises since 2000, alleged co-option and acquiescence of the mainline ... complicit in violence. The churches need to engage political stakeholders more critically, work closely with non-conformists, do more research and capacitate the clergy beyond philosophy and theology, to be
A distinct phenomenon of religio-political actors that emerged in Zimbabwe as a result of the socio-economic and political crises since 2000, alleged co-option and acquiescence of the mainline ... complicit in violence. The churches need to engage political stakeholders more critically, work closely with non-conformists, do more research and capacitate the clergy beyond philosophy and theology, to be
theological-political approach. Islamic liberation theology prioritizes the tangible aspects of human life over the metaphysical considerations of the afterlife and opposes systems that favor only the ... well as political, economic, racial, sexual, environmental, and religious oppressions (Akhtar 1991:10-11). Islamic liberation theology takes inspiration from the Quran and the struggles of all prophets
. Pettit, & T. Pogge (eds.): A companion to contemporary political philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell. [ Links ] Leube, G. 2018. The liberties of a transmitter: Frantz Fanon according to SharTati. In ... (1997:83) has defined it as follows: A theology of liberation... is one that works towards freeing religion from social, political and religious structures and ideas based on uncritical obedience and
Christian's role was in the 2014 elections. By analysing the messages of these churches on some social media sites and in pastor's sermons the ideal of civic society and political engagement of these churches ... , vote in the elections and obey the rules of government. The churches had different political reasons for supporting democracy which ranged from seeing political engagement as a way to access government
personal practices to protect Muslim identity and piety (Moosa 2015) . Others, like the so-called Islamist movements that emerged in the 1920s, included a political renewal in emulation of the Prophet ... type of reform in South Africa at the time. Inspired by literature from Egypt and the Indian subcontinent, Islamic reform also inspired school and university graduates to engage in social and political
Religion can be an effective instrument in politics. This has been a phenomenon all over the ages and different political contexts. Politicians utilise religion in order to gain political goals. This ... analysis of contexts, a deduction is made to reach an understanding of the reasons for the political use of religion. The author identified through investigating two examples (i.e. politics in South Africa
Religion can be an effective instrument in politics. This has been a phenomenon all over the ages and different political contexts. Politicians utilise religion in order to gain political goals. This ... analysis of contexts, a deduction is made to reach an understanding of the reasons for the political use of religion. The author identified through investigating two examples (i.e. politics in South Africa
the disciplines of systematic theology, anthropology, and philosophy in interpreting the language of faith in Southern Africa. The main argument in the book is that even with careful consideration ... African theology, anthropology, his experiences in Africa, and the Wittgensteinian philosophy of language to point out that the language of faith in Africa is not as strange as many scholars from the Euro
war in the Ukraine, ongoing and deep-rooted corruption in various political systems throughout the world, and the rise of a form of Christianity - prophetic Pentecostalism - which appears to have a weak ... Resane, K.T. 2020. South African Christian experiences: From colonialism to democracy. Bloemfontein: SunBonani Scholar. [ Links ] Sayer, A. 2000. Moral economy and political economy. Studies in
Zimbabwe's political history from 2000 to the present epoch has been characterized by violence. This violence reached its peak in 2008 when ZANU PF was defeated at the polls by the opposition party ... sexually abused. In this context of political violence, various church groups emerged as the church in Zimbabwe broke its culture of silence and sought to condemn the deployment of divisive politics and the
epochs of violence, it is worth noting that some church organizations were vocal and castigated the politicians whilst others were either indifferent or had been 'co-opted' by the political parties. By ... -opted' by the political parties. By 2008, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) had lost its hegemony to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and in 2009 a government of