Alternative Development Approach of Ecological Liberation Theology

2017 ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
William Holden ◽  
Kathleen Nadeau ◽  
Emma Porio
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Alternative Development ◽  
Development Approach

scholarly journals SOCIO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEWAN KEMAKMURAN MASJID (DKM) DALAM MEMBENTUK KESALEHAN SOSIAL DI TENGAH COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Asep Maulana Rohimat
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Alternative Development ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Creative Role ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

This study aims to discover the creative role carried out by the As-Shiddiq Kartasura Mosque Prosperity Council (DKM) in overcoming the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia. COVID-19 which emerged in Indonesia in early 2020, quickly spread to all regions. Emergencies in preventing the spread of this disease are not only the government's obligation. But it is also the duty of all citizens, both individually and in different ways. The task of preventing the spread of COVID-19 conducted by the DKM of the mosque by using socio-entrepreneurship is new. To find this out, this study uses qualitative research methods with Friedmann's alternative development approach. This study found that the socio-entrepreneurship role of the As-Shiddiq mosque in the form of transferring the use of Zakat, Infak, Shodaqoh (ZIS) funds for empowerment programs. The overall role is integrated with the concept of socio-entrepreneurship which benefits the community, in the form of economic benefits and food security. With all the limitations possessed by the mosque, it shows high creativity and innovation carried out by DKM in providing hope for community development.

scholarly journals Conventional or alternative development? Varying meanings and purposes of territorial rural development as a strategy for the Global South

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Koop
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Global South ◽  
Alternative Development ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Development Paths

Abstract. This paper discusses the increasing interest in the territorial dimension of rural development in the Global South. Adapting the local development approach of the 1970s to the changing context of globalization and to the competitiveness discourse, mainstream development agencies and scholars currently see territorial development (TD) as an attractive model for the integration of rural regions into globalization dynamics. However, territory serves not only conventional mainstream ideologies, but also post-development thinking. It is shown that territory has turned out to be a crucial element for social movements in the defense of alternative visions of modernity and in the constitution of life worlds outside the conventional development path. The analysis of the meaning development actors give the term territory and the focus on the purposes for which it is mobilized allows a variety of possible development paths for the rural South to be identified, thus going beyond the prevailing modernist vision.

Ideas and Leaders in Contentious Politics: One Parish Priest in El Salvador's Popular Movement

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-101
Author(s):  
PETER M. SANCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Parish Priest ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Resource Mobilisation ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis paper examines the actions of one Salvadorean priest – Padre David Rodríguez – in one parish – Tecoluca – to underscore the importance of religious leadership in the rise of El Salvador's contentious political movement that began in the early 1970s, when the guerrilla organisations were only just beginning to develop. Catholic leaders became engaged in promoting contentious politics, however, only after the Church had experienced an ideological conversion, commonly referred to as liberation theology. A focus on one priest, in one parish, allows for generalisation, since scores of priests, nuns and lay workers in El Salvador followed the same injustice frame and tactics that generated extensive political mobilisation throughout the country. While structural conditions, collective action and resource mobilisation are undoubtedly necessary, the case of religious leaders in El Salvador suggests that ideas and leadership are of vital importance for the rise of contentious politics at a particular historical moment.

Assassination of a Saint

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Eisenbrandt ◽  
Benjamín Cuéllar
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Death Squad ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Legal Case ◽  
Military Commanders ◽  
Witness Interviews ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Voice

In 1980, a death squad linked to business tycoons and military commanders murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero for denouncing widespread repression and poverty in El Salvador. Romero was known as the “voice of the voiceless,” and his criticism of the oligarchs who dominated the economy and the Security Forces that tortured and murdered civilians made Romero a military target. Two decades after his assassination, the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) found one of the conspirators, Álvaro Saravia, living in California and launched a wide-ranging investigation into the death squad and its financiers. This book chronicles the life and death of the Catholic martyr, examining his actions and situating his years as archbishop in the broader context of the Salvadoran clergy’s embrace of Liberation Theology. It also analyzes, through excerpts from witness interviews and trial testimony, the mindset of the death squad members, their leader Roberto D’Aubuisson, and their wealthy backers, that propelled them to want Romero dead. The U.S. government played an important and contradictory role in developing the death squads and funding the military from which they sprang while also investigating their crimes and seeking to keep them in check. Within this complicated historical context, the book provides a first-hand account of the investigation and U.S. legal case that led to the only court verdict ever reached for Archbishop Romero’s murder.

A body without a head

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Chavoshian ◽  
Sophia Park
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Women's Spirituality ◽  
Passive Condition ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
Logical Square ◽  
The Social ◽  
Feminine Sexuality ◽  
Body Shapes ◽  
Body Theory

Along with the recent development of various theories of the body, Lacan’s body theory aligns with postmodern thinkers such as Michael Foucault and Maurice Merlot-Ponti, who consider body social not biological. Lacan emphasizes the body of the Real, the passive condition of the body in terms of formation, identity, and understanding. Then, this condition of body shapes further in the condition of bodies of women and laborers under patriarchy and capitalism, respectively. Lacan’s ‘not all’ position, which comes from the logical square, allows women to question patriarchy’s system and alternatives of sexual identities. Lacan’s approach to feminine sexuality can be applied to women’s spirituality, emphasizing multiple narratives of body and sexual identities, including gender roles. In the social discernment and analysis in the liberation theology, we can employ the capitalist discourse, which provides a tool to understand how people are manipulated by late capitalist society, not knowing it. Lacan’s theory of ‘a body without a head’ reflects the current condition of the human body, which manifests lack, yet including some possibilities for transforming society.

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