Latina/o Religious Studies Since the 1970s

2020 ◽  
pp. 218-235
Author(s):  
Felipe Hinojosa
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Church Hierarchy ◽  
Faith Practices ◽  
The Times

This article provides an overview of the field of Latina/o religious studies since the 1970s. Motivated by the political tenor of the times, Latina/o religious studies began as a political project committed to contextualizing theological studies by stressing racial identity, resistance to church hierarchy, and economic inequality. Rooted in a robust interdisciplinary approach, Latina/o religious studies pulls from multiple fields of study. This article, however, focuses on the field’s engagements with ethnic studies in the last fifty years, from the 1970s to the contemporary period. It argues that while the field began as a way to tell the stories, faith practices, and theologies of religious insiders (i.e., clergy and religious leaders), recent scholarship has expanded the field to include the broader themes of community formation, labor, social movements, immigrant activism, and an intentional focus on the relationships with non-religious communities.

Teaching Interfaith Leadership

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eboo Patel ◽  
Cassie Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Definition Of

As religious diversity increases, there is an opportunity in the religious studies or theology classroom to teach students the knowledge and skills that will allow them to constructively engage that diversity in their professions. In this chapter, we sketch a concrete, interdisciplinary approach to teaching what we call “interfaith leadership” in the college classroom. We begin by offering a working definition of interfaith leadership, and then explore strategies for teaching interfaith leadership, including resources and activities. Surveyed approaches to teaching the knowledge aspect of interfaith leadership include texts exploring the interactions of diverse religious communities, theologies or ethics of interfaith cooperation, and spiritual autobiographies. Approaches to teaching the skills aspect of interfaith engagement include case studies, interfaith events, projects to build interfaith cooperation, and partnerships with interfaith groups and organizations.

Profaning the Sacred: The Unorthodox Financial Activities of Catholic Clerics During the Napoleonic Period, 1796–1814

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-542
Author(s):  
Christopher Korten
Keyword(s):  
Precious Metals ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sacred And Profane ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Times ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

This article reveals for the first time how Catholic clerics survived financially during the Napoleonic period in Italy (1796–1814). Despite the very rich, 200-year historiography on one of the Church's most critical periods, there is almost nothing on how religious clerics coped at this time. Their institutions had been despoiled by the French, often in collaboration with locals, negating traditional forms of clerical income, such as alms or rental income from non-ecclesiastical properties. This caused clerics to search out unorthodox – at times, non-canonical – ways of eking out a living, either for themselves, their religious communities or both, as such distinctions were often blurred. Masses were monetized and traded; ecclesiastical paraphernalia composed of precious metals were smelted and commodified, and relics were sold for profit. The uncovering of these controversial acts by men who in normal times were upstanding reveals the desperation of the times and provides insight into the rich discussion on determining the degrees of separation (and overlap) between the sacred and profane.

scholarly journals Towards Religious Understanding: An Assessment of the Ambivalence Roles of Religious Leaders in Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Rapheal Joseph Ojo
Keyword(s):  
Religious Communities ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
General Belief ◽  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Religious Understanding ◽  
Shaky Ground

The world today is becoming more violent than ever before. Sometimes, the violence can be political, ethnic, economic and or religious. In most cases, distinguishing the main cause of such violence from other causes might be difficult. The factors could be a combination of two issues viz: ethnoreligious conflicts or politico-religious conflicts. The religious experience in Nigeria today, as a multi-religious society so far has proven contrary to the general belief and the widespread expectation of people about religion as an institution that promotes social integration. Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria today (though being the dominant religions in Nigeria) is standing on shaky ground. The relationship is highly characterized by mutual suspicion, mistrust and distrust. In understanding this characterized reality in their interactions, this work interrogated the ambivalence roles played by religious leaders in Nigeria. And in doing this, the ethnographic research method was adopted. As part of its findings, it was discovered that there is a high level of intolerance among Christians and Muslims in Nigeria occasioned by unguarded utterances and abuse of freedom of speech by many uncensored religious leaders. Thus, setting the stage for avoidable and constant religious confrontations among the adherents of the two religious communities in Nigeria. The study recommends that peaceful co-existence can be possible if the government is responsible and responsive enough to address the basic needs of her masses which would reduce largely the manipulation of religion by clerics for personal gain. Furthermore, the place of meaningful dialogue should be embraced by religious leaders across different religious divides. Keywords: Christian-Muslim Relations, Dialogue, Peaceful Co-existence, Religious leaders, Religious Understanding

scholarly journals La percepción visual del paisaje en la pintura y la fotografía: Un enfoque interdisciplinario hacia la presencia espacial

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perla Carrillo Quiroga
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Spatial Presence ◽  
Motor Action ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Phenomenology Of Perception ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
The Relationship

Este artículo explora la percepción visual como experiencia corporizada del espacio a través del paisaje en la pintura y la fotografía. Es una investigación interdisciplinaria, que busca contribuir al diálogo entre varios campos: la fenomenología de la percepción, la percepción del espacio en la neurociencia cognitiva y el estudio de las artes visuales. La investigación es de carácter correlacional y descriptivo; busca por una parte, explorar la relación entre la experiencia de presencia espacial y el realismo de la imagen; por otra, se observa si el uso de elementos visuales que sugieren una acción motora en el espectador (del inglés ‘affordances’)afecta la intensidad de presencia espacial. Además del análisis de literatura, se recolectaron datos a través de un cuestionario ilustrado en donde se presentaron 26 imágenes, 13 pinturas y 13 fotografías de paisaje. Este estudio se realizó con 28 participantes de 18 a 64 años de distintos géneros. This article explores visual perception as an embodied experience of space through landscape painting and photography. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, which seeks to contribute to the dialogue between different fields of study: phenomenology of perception, perception of space in cognitive neuroscience and visual arts. This research is correlational and descriptive; it seeks, on one hand, to explore the relationship between the experience of spatial presence and realism; on the other, it observes the use of affordances in landscape images, understood as visual elements that suggest a motor action in the spectator and the ways in which they affect the intensity of spatial presence. In addition to the literature analysis, data was collected through an illustrated questionnaire which included 26 images: 13 paintings and 13 landscape photographs. This study was conducted with 28 participants aged 18 to 64 years of different genders.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Approach in Cervical Neoplasm with Secondary Determinations – A Case Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
D.I. Voicu ◽  
O.M. Bodean ◽  
F. Pauleț ◽  
O. Munteanu ◽  
L.V. Arsene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Histopathological Examination ◽  
Squamous Carcinoma ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cervical Neoplasm ◽  
Emergency Hospital ◽  
Advanced Stages ◽  
The Times ◽  
Body Parameters

Abstract Introduction. Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women with gynecological pathology. Most of the times, patients are admitted to hospital in advanced stages, with multiple secondary metastases. Case report. We report the case of a 70-year-old patient initially admitted in the Orthopedic Department of University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest with suspicion of pubis fracture. After clinical, imagistic and paraclinical evaluation, cervical cancer was suspected and the patient was transferred to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest in order to identify etiology of the multiple secondary metastases. CT examination revealed liver determinations as well as pelvic lymphadenopathy, accompanied by suggestive neoplastic transformation of the cervix and invasion of the uterine body, parameters, and bladder; inferior branch of the pubis, and bilateral pubis, with a suggestive side-by-side aspect, were also distinguished from osteolysis. Histopathological examination following a cervical biopsy revealed non-keratinized squamous carcinoma with secondary imagistic findings, placing this case in FIGO IVB stage. Conclusions. Due to the insidious evolution, cervical cancer can reach advanced stages. The prognosis of patients with advanced stage cervical cancer and bone secondary determinations is reserved.

scholarly journals Komunikasi Multikultural dalam Menjaga Kerukunan Antar Umat Beragama di Kabupaten Bengkulu Tengah

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rini Fitria
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Type Data ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Collection Methods

The title of this research is Multicultural Communication in Maintaining Diversity among People of Diversity in Bengkulu Tengah Regency. The Research Team is: Rini Fitria, Japarudin and Nur Ibrahim. Research problem formulation of how multicultural communication in maintaining harmony between religious communities in Bengkulu Tengah regency. The purpose of this study is exploratory research, answering the formulation of the problem and providing solutions to understanding multicultural communication in maintaining harmony between religious communities in Sunda Kelapa and Abu Sakim villages, Pondok Kelapa subdistrict, Pondok Kelapa district, Bengkulu Tengah district. To examine these problems in depth and thoroughly, researchers used a qualitative approach with a descriptive type. Data collection methods used were participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation studies. Analysis of the data used is triangulation. The results of the study are 1) Multicultural communication in Sunda Kelapa and Abu Sakim villages in the Cultural and Religious Studies is used effectively by the community. 2) The multicultural communication process in Sunda Kelapa and Abu Sakim villages uses a process of thoughtful sensation, perception, thinking and motivation so that harmony can be maintained well. 3) Multicultural communication in maintaining harmony between religious communities in the villages of Sunda Kelapa and Abu Sakim emphasizes religious tolerance in the form of mutual respect, respect, care, consensus and help.

Pandemic and Pandemonium

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Richard Newton
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
George Fox

The Buzz captures the timely concerns, challenges, and reflections on the minds of scholars at work. For this issue, we reached out to colleagues in North America to fill us in on the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the field and how they are responding. In this edition we are joined by Leslie Dorrough Smith (associate professor of religious studies at Avila University), Dave McConeghy (managing co-editor and co-host of the Religious Studies Project), Jennifer Eyl (associate professor of religion at Tufts University), Natalie Avalos (assistant professor of ethnic studies, University of Colorado-Boulder), and Ekaputra Tupamahu (assistant professor of New Testament, George Fox University).

Ethiopian Jewish Ascetic Religious Communities

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bar Kribus
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Ascetic Communities ◽  
Ethiopian Jews

The Betä Isra'el (Ethiopian Jews) have a unique history and religious tradition, one of the most fascinating aspects of which are the mäloksocc, commonly referred to as monks in scholarly and popular literature. The mäloksocc served as the supreme religious leaders of the Betä Isra'el and were charged with educating and initiating Betä Isra'el priests. They lived in separate compounds and observed severe purity laws prohibiting physical contact with the laity. Thus, they are the only known example in medieval and modern Jewry of ascetic communities withdrawing from the secular world and devoting themselves fully to religious life. This book presents the results of the first comprehensive research ever conducted on the way of life and material culture of the ascetic religious communities of the Betä Isra'el. A major part of this research is an archaeological survey, during which these religious centres were located and documented in detail for the first time.

Clerics and Friendship

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Keyword(s):  
Eleventh Century ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Church Hierarchy ◽  
The Church

This chapter looks at relations of friendship among clerics. Friendship was as important for religious leaders as it was for their secular counterparts. They needed faithful supporters to enact their plans. Yet, in contrast to what have been seen in secular circles, friendship continued to play an important role among the clergy for the whole of the period from the middle of the eleventh century until the end of the thirteenth. The bishops, as the key element in the church hierarchy, were very powerful political players, not least attributable to their position within the Church hierarchy, their network of friends and connections, the wealth they controlled, and the position they held in society. Therefore, it was important for the secular leaders to control the election of bishops so that their friends and kinsmen were chosen.

The Book of Mormon

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Perry Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
William Apess ◽  
New Jerusalem ◽  
Early American ◽  
Book Of Mormon ◽  
The Future

This chapter examines the Book of Mormon's racial theology of “white universalism.” It explores the supposed pre-Columbian history that the Book of Mormon contains, notably the origins of Native Americans as a remnant of Israelites called the “Lamanites.” It also explores the future that the Book of Mormon prophesies in which the Lamanites unify with believing “Gentiles” to become one “white and a delightsome” people and together build a New Jerusalem in America before Christ’s return. The chapter also includes an examination of the Book of Mormon prophet, “Samuel, the Lamanite.” Samuel’s case, along with other marginalized early American religious leaders like William Apess and Jerana Lee, shows that non-white Americans have a “privileged sight” onto America and America’s religious communities that fail to live up to their own ideals of inclusion and equality. The views of marginalized figures are thus essential for an accurate accounting of America’s past.

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