scholarly journals Bioethics and Reason in a Secular Society: Reclaiming Christian Bioethics

Conatus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Kevin Wm. Wildes
Keyword(s):  
Religious Communities ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Procedural Ethics

Bioethics evolved from traditional physician ethics and theological ethics. It has become important in contemporary discussions of Medicine and ethics. But in contemporary secular societies the foundations of bioethics are minimal in their content and often rely on procedural ethics. The bioethics of particular communities, particularly religious communities, are richer than the procedural ethics of a secular society. Religious bioethics, situated within religious communities, are richer in content in general and in the lived reality.

scholarly journals Cultural Identities in Sustaining Religious Communities in the Arctic Region: An Ethnographic Analysis of Religiosity from the Northern Viewpoint

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Nafisa Yeasmin
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Minority Community ◽  
The North ◽  
Muslim Minority ◽  
European Arctic ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis ◽  
The Arctic Region

AbstractNorthern countries are facing the challenges of declining human capital, and admitting immigrants, many of whom belong to religious minorities, to satisfy the demand for labour. If northern societies accept multiculturalism and immigrants, they should not disregard the cultures and religious practices (for example, ritual slaughter) of immigrants, as they need to survive and integrate as a minority community in a secular society. However, there is clash between secularism and religions permitting animal slaughter, which is prohibited by some and allowed by other European countries. Community viability and sustainability depend partly on the exercise of community beliefs and ideology that support identity behaviour. This study will present an ethnographic analysis of the religiosity related to ritual slaughter and Muslim cultural identity in the European Arctic region and explore how religious relativism and practice sustain the community and support the overall integration of the Muslim minority in the North.

A Way Out of Laïcité? The Child's Best Interests as Justification for Religious Manifestation

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
Esther Erlings
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relevant Case ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Administrative Tribunal

Over the last couple of years, France has built up the reputation of a staunchly secular society where, slowly but surely, signs of religious manifestation are being removed from the public space with an appeal to laïcité (French secularism) and other French values. This is why it came as a surprise that, after a long list of unsuccessful religious manifestation cases, in August 2017 the Dijon Administrative Tribunal ruled against a municipality that had decided no to longer accommodate Muslim and Jewish dietary prescriptions in school canteens. The reason for the sudden change appeared to be the approach taken in the relevant case: rather than basing itself on freedom of manifestation, the tribunal had chosen to decide the case solely on the basis of the best interests of the child. Although that approach offered some much-desired relief for the religious communities involved, following an overview of the case below, I will argue that it may not be a sustainable answer to the curtailing of religious manifestations in the name of laïcité.

scholarly journals Interreligiösa gruppers samarbete med kommuner i Sverige

Politik ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Nordin
Keyword(s):  
Religious Community ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Religious Plurality ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
The Public Sphere

In Swedish contemporary society we nd ongoing processes of secularization and the idea of secularism be- ing challenged by a growing religious plurality in society. e overall purpose of this article is to highlight what happens when religion in a secularized and secular society enter into the public sphere as a result of inter-religious groups’ collaboration with local authorities. is is done through interviews and observations of three inter-religious groups meetings during 2010 and 2011. e collaboration between the inter-religious groups and the local authorities were initiated as a result of perceived problems of integration in the society and aims to include religious communities in society which may change the ongoing processes of seculariza- tion. One of the major problems with the collaborations was related to which religious community could be included by reasons of economic resources, access to personnel and premises and the acceptance and establishment in society. 

Christian Ethics in a Secular Society: Karl Barth in Conversation

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Adam McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Christian Ethic ◽  
Secular Society

The aim of this study is to clarify the nature of Christian ethics and its implications for secular society. This is achieved by way of engagement with the theology of Karl Barth. Barth is useful on this question for he presents a thoroughly counter-modern theological ethics, as he works from an uncompromising theological framework. The implications of applying Christian ethics to secular society are discussed by way of conversation with Barth, and a way forward suggested in the form of a missional focused Christian ethic.

Concluding Thoughts

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Broyde
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Police Powers ◽  
Procedural Due Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
General Society

This chapter provides concluding thoughts on the subject, stressing that this book is supportive of the idea of religious arbitration, and secular society benefits in many ways from allowing religious communities and their members to contractually resolve their commercial and family law disputes. Secular society must regulate arbitration by making sure that (1) people are truly voluntarily agreeing to such arbitration in a way that shows a true consent to religious arbitration; (2) such arbitrations are limited to monetary matters and not treading on the unique police powers of the general society; and (3) procedural due process is followed in arbitration hearings. Related to that is that religious arbitrators, to be successful, must integrate well the norms of the secular society that intermingles with their own religious community. Our law should be increasingly open to the idea that people can structure their relationships around a contract, rather than around sacrament.

Kultur, Ritual, Tabu – und das Zeichen des Schleiers

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-142
Author(s):  
Ernest W.B. Hess-Lüttich
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Society Proceeding ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Terror Attacks ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Following the refugee crisis 2015 and the terror attacks by Islamists in Europe, there was a media debate in Germany on the yashmaks of female Muslims in Summer 2016, called the burqa-debate. Taking this debate as a starting point, the chapter discusses rituals and taboos of religious communities in a secular society. Proceeding from a sociological definition of rituals, the paper then attempts to present a terminological framework for the analysis of taboos in intercultural communication and applies the critical discussion of stereotypical assumptions to the current debate in secular countries in Europe on women wearing a burqa in public. The example serves for dealing with the problem of asymmetry in taboo discourse.

Social characteristic of religious rituals

1997 ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Valentyna Bodak
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Characteristic ◽  
Religious Rituals

Society is a person in its social relations. If the term "society" is used to determine reality as a system of interconnections and relationships between people, then its social system appears as an entity in which human societies are diverse in character and social role. Social life is expressed in the grouping of members of society on the basis of certain objectively predetermined types of relations between them. The integrity and unity of religious communities, their qualitative specificity determines the content of the doctrine and cult, on which they grow.

Representasi Moralitas Dalam Iklan Teh Botol Sosro Versi “Semeja Bersaudara”

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
Aji Sulistyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Television Advertisement ◽  
Stuart Hall ◽  
The Media ◽  
Promotional Messages ◽  
Social Messages

Television advertisement is an effective medium that aims to market a product or service, because it combines audio and visuals. therefore television advertisement can effectively influence the audience to buy the product or service. Advertisement nowadays does not only convey promotional messages, but can also be a medium for delivering social messages. That is one form of the function of the media, which is to educate the public. The research entitled Representation of Morality in the Teh Botol Sosro Advertisement "Semeja Bersaudara" version analyzed the morality value in a television advertisement from ready-to-drink tea producers, Teh Botol Sosro entitled "Semeja Bersaudara" which began airing in early 2019. In this study researchers used Charles Sanders Peirce's Semiotics theory with triangular meaning analysis tools in the form of Signs, Objects and Interpretations. In addition, researchers also use representation theory from Stuart Hall in interpreting messages in advertisements. The results of this study found that the "Semeja Bersaudara" version of Teh Botol Sosro advertisement represented a message in the form of morality. There are nine values of morality that can be taken in this advertisement including, friendly attitude, sharing, empathy, help, not prejudice, no discrimination, harmony, tolerance between religious communities and cross-cultural tolerance. The message conveyed in this advertisement is how the general public can understand how every human action in social life has moral values, so that the public can understand and apply moral values in order to live a better life.

Sophia Vasalou, Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-147
Author(s):  
Martin Riexinger
Keyword(s):  
Theological Ethics
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