The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia. By Jeff Kingston. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 312 pp. ISBN: 9781442276871 (cloth).

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1150-1152
Author(s):  
Yuka Hiruma Kishida
Keyword(s):  
Politics Of Religion ◽  
Nationalism And Identity

Revitalizing The Ideological Values Of Pancasila As Antithesis Of Religious Radicalism Community Service In Karangduren Village Kebonarum Of Klaten

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suryo Ediyono (Page 33-42)
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Youth Movement ◽  
Urban Transition ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Radical Ideology ◽  
Nationalism And Identity ◽  
The Village

The ideology of radical-terrorism is an interesting remark to be understood by the Karangduren Klaten village community as an effort in preventing the entry value that is against the ideology of Pancasila. The supreme divinity value of Pancasila ideology one in the reform era has been challenged by the wave of globalization on information. Socialization on the divinity values aims to stimulate public awareness on the threat of radical ideology of terrorism that potentially grow and develop in the village of Karangduren, Kebonarum, Klaten. This study covers the fields of nationalism and identity with the preaching method and focus of discussion. The Ideology of divinity axiologically and epistemologically comprising of divinity, humanity, unity, democratic and justice values which need to be delivered through specific form of communication which can be adjusted to community’s life in the village of Karangduren. Language as a tool in which various information can be accessed by people living in both rural and urban transition strongly influenced by factors of traditional cultural practices that are still upheld in dealing with modernity. The current actual discourse of terrorism needs to be understood and useful as countering radicalism through familiarization the noble values exemplifications as deeply held by the community leaders and the local youth movement ‘Karangtaruna; through the use of appropriate language on the context of Karangduren citizens.

The politics of religion: modernity, nationhood and education in Japan

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masako Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Politics Of Religion

Secret Operations of the Soviet Security Services against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine (1949—1955)

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8 (106)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Tatiana Vagramenko
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Religious Literature ◽  
Jehovah’S Witnesses ◽  
Jehovah's Witnesses ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Politics Of Religion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War

This article reconstructs the history of one KGB operation against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine, launched by the Ukrainian security services in 1951. The operation aimed to infiltrate the Jehovah’s Witness underground organization in Ukraine and to organize a Witness country committee as a covert operation. The plan was designed such that the Soviet security service became the head of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization, and the headquarters of the official Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society became a channel in their counter-intelligence operations. This article tells about the failures and unexpected side-effects of the secret operation caused by internal conflicts within the Soviet politics of religion. Paradoxically, in the context of a disintegrated Witness underground network, caused by the post-war deportations and mass arrests, severed communication channels with the Watch Tower Society and the absence of religious literature, the Soviet security service became an alternative communication channel between the faith communities and a source of religious reproduction (including the source of the production of Watch Tower literature). This study dwells upon historical materials from recently opened SBU (former KGB) archives in Ukraine.

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