Women and the History of Religion in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Nourse
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
Spiritual Practices ◽  
African Continent ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Intimate Encounters

In the history of religion in Africa, women have contributed richly to the diversity of indigenous, Christian, and Islamic spiritual practices prevalent within their communities. As mediums, healer-diviners, ministers, mystics, prophets, poets, priestesses, theologians, and spiritual advisors, they are integral to the creation and maintenance of possession cults and other indigenous religious societies, Islamic Sufi orders, mainline and African-initiated churches, as well as new and emerging Christian and Islamic movements. Often inhabiting pluralistic worlds, women weave together creative and dynamic spiritual tapestries that give their lives coherence. An investigation into the experiences of women reveals spaces of agency and constraint, portraits of women’s intimate encounters with the divine, accounts of women’s indigenization of Christianity and reform of Islam, stories of discrimination and of healing, struggles to create more liberating theologies, and stories of extraordinary women shaping religious life and practice on the African continent in irrepressible ways.

Religious Space and Place in Modern China

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

This article looks at the intersection of modern Chinese and traditional Chinese sacred spaces through the analysis of two case studies: Yuyuan Garden and Tourist Area and Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area. The article lays out a brief history of religion in China, the effects of modernization and globalization in China, the creation of sacred space within China, and the role tourism has played in preserving sacred spaces. Furthermore, this article examines how both sites dealt with and continue to deal with the question of religion in China, and how each has been worked into the tourist industry of China, either through choice or design. By becoming a part of the tourist industry, these sites have gained renown and interest because of what they offer, and thus illustrate that the blending of the sacred with the secular can be positive, especially within the context of modern China.

Islamic Revolutionaries and the End of Empire

2017 ◽  
pp. 598-579
Author(s):  
David Motadel
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Global History ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Colonial Resistance

This chapter examines the global history of Islamic movements in anti-imperial struggles, spanning from West Africa to Southeast Asia. It demonstrates that Islamic movements, ranging from messianic to reformist groups, were at the very centre of the struggles against the European empires across the lands of Islam. It traces the diverse forms of anti-colonial resistance adopted by the various Islamic movements, including violent opposition, which ranged from guerrilla insurgency to open revolt, and peaceful protest. The fall of the European empires and the creation of post-colonial states are usually seen as an era of secularism and Western ideologies, ranging from nationalism to socialism, not as a period of piety and religious upheaval. Questioning this master narrative of secular decolonisation, the chapter argues that Islamic movements, though at times overshadowed by other anti-colonial groups, must be taken seriously. This is crucial for our understanding of not only the history of decolonisation, but also the history of Islamic movements in the modern age.

After the Fall

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-165
Author(s):  
James Mark Shields
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
National History ◽  
Historical Scholarship ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
General Conception ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sacred History

AbstractTsuji Zennosuke 辻善之助 (1877–1955), the dominant figure in Buddhist historical scholarship in Japan from the 1930s until the mid-1950s, is known to have employed a broad range of sources in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of his subject. This essay examines Tsuji’s conception of Buddhist history in relation to the emergence of both National Historical Studies (kokushigaku 国史学) and so-called State Shintō (kokka shintō 国家神道) and argues against the image of Tsuji as an “objective historian” resistant to nationalist trends in historical scholarship. In fact, Tsuji was involved in the creation of an alternative, “Buddhistic” national history, or bukkyōshugi kokushi 仏教主義国史的. In particular, comparisons are drawn between Tsuji’s conception of Buddhism and the earlier arguments of New Buddhism (shin bukkyō 新仏教) and the Daijō hi-bussetsuron 大乗非仏説論, in addition to his more general conception of the contributions of Buddhism to the humanitarian spirit of Japanese leaders—both emperors and military warlords. Can there be—should there be—an objective history of religion? What is the significance of sacred history—and the history of Buddhism more particularly—to the still-emerging “modern” nation of Japan? How does Buddhism, a pan-Asian and “borrowed religion,” fit with the “Japanist” ideology of national uniqueness? These are some of the questions posed by Tsuji in his writings.

scholarly journals “Personal records of mullah Shamsutdinov” based on the materials of the State Museum of the History of Religion

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-103
Author(s):  
I. A. Osmanova
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
The State ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Visual Materials

This article describes the documents and visual materials dedicated to the socalled “Personal records of mullah Shamsutdinov”. The “Personal records” included archival documents of Moscow imams Khairetdin Ageev (1827–1913) and Abdullah Shamsutdinov (1878–1937), there also was the “Album” with engravings and clippings on an Oriental topic and personal belongings of Ageev-Shamsutdinov’s family. These rare and unique materials are kept in the State Museum of the History of Religion. Until recently, most of the materials have remained unknown and have never been published before. Thus, the submitted materials can be classifi ed as a source for the history of religious life of Muslims in Russia in the late XIX – early XX centuries.

Interfaith relations in the context of freedom of religion

1996 ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Babiy
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Round ◽  
International Round Table

This is extremely relevant and very important both in theoretical and practical dimensions, the problem was at the center of the discussions of the international scientific conference, which took place on May 6-7, 1996 in Lviv. The mentioned conference was one of the main events within the framework of the VI International Round Table "History of Religions in Ukraine", at its meetings 3-6, as well as on issues of outstanding dates in the history of the development of religious life in Ukraine on the 8th of May: "400 "the anniversary of the Brest Union", and "400th anniversary of the birth of Peter Mohyla"

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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