Book Review: The Turn to the Transcendent: The Role of Religion in the Twenty-First Century

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
Marcella Hoesl
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Role Of Religion

Maurice and Religion

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Fordoński
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
British Society ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Changing Role

This chapter explores the role and representation of religion in the text of Maurice and in critical readings of the novel. Concentrating primarily on the text itself, the chapter offers close readings of those parts of the novel where religion/religions play a part, stressing their importance in the structure of the novel. This analysis retraces the influence of religion (predominantly Christianity but also ancient Greek and pagan religious thought) on the main characters’ psychological development and behaviour, especially on the way they try to deal with irreconcilable demands of religion and their own psyche. The chapter thus reflects on Forster’s attitude towards religious institutions and the changing role religion played in early twentieth-century British society and among Edwardian writers. The chapter also considers the role of religion in the reception of the novel, both in scholarship and among twenty-first-century readers. The chapter concludes by considering questions of reception and the relevance of Maurice to twenty-first-century (queer) readers as concepts of homosexuality have undergone considerable changes in parts of the world.

scholarly journals Liberation Theologies of the Twentieth Century: Insights for Integral Development of Africa in the Twenty-First Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Okanlawon
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
First Century ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Role Of Religion

Development ideas and programmes in Africa generally overlook the role of religion. But contrary to this attitude, religion, in this context, Christianity, can be a catalyst to the development of Africa in the twenty-first century. The theological discourse of the twentieth century propelled progressive socio-economic and political developments. Thus, the paper examines the liberation theologies of the twentieth century and contextualizes the lessons learned from them for development in Africa and as an exemplar exercise in public theology. This is done using the historical method of research within the ambit of the theory of theological reflection. The liberation theologies affirmed the biblical ethos of liberation for all people under God with a focus on poverty, racism, and gender inequality. They became the platform for galvanizing efforts towards humanization and the betterment of people’s lives. Their propositions can be integrated into thinking and quest for development in Africa. Keywords: Theology, Liberation, Liberation Theologies, Development, Feminist, Africa, Black, Public Theology.

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