Women and Religion

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Change ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Religious Doctrine ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Religious Perspectives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Parts

This book provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women's changes to religion in different parts of the world and among different religious traditions and practices. The chapters address a diverse range of themes and issues including the attitudes of different religions to gender equality; how women construct their identity through religious activity; whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine; and the impact of migration on the religious lives of both women and men.

Women and religion: contemporary and future challenges: editors’ introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Ruspini ◽  
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio ◽  
Consuelo Corradi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This introductory chapter discusses the relationship between social change, religion, and women's lives and self-definition in the contemporary world. Using international and interdisciplinary perspectives reflective of different religious traditions, this volume pays attention to the specific experiences and positions of women, or particular groups of women, to understand current patterns of religiosity and religious change. Recent studies have shown that there is a strong connection between processes of change — such as the impact of globalization, increased intercultural and transcultural interaction and exchange, migration flows, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) — and religious identities. Overall, recent literature has revealed a great complexity and often contradiction in late modern negotiations of religion and secularism by women and men, and a range of possibilities for change.

10. Population policies and future challenges

2018 ◽  
pp. 100-114
Author(s):  
Sarah Harper
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Key Population ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Parts

Population policies aim to modify the growth rate, composition, or distribution of a population. In practice, they can be explicit or implicit. The two main areas in which governments attempt to control or influence through population polices are fertility and migration. ‘Population policies and future challenges’ also considers some key population challenges of the 21st century. Will fertility rates fall to replacement in sub-Saharan Africa? What is the relationship between environment, population, and consumption in different parts of the world? How will we feed and provide water for the projected 9 or 10 billion of us by 2050? What will be the impact of the ageing of the world’s population and of technological change?

scholarly journals The Development of the International Organization (IO) and Organizational Sociology Theories and Perspectives. Part 3 - Definitions and Types of IO

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Medani Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Original Position ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Organizational Sociology ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper provides a pedagogical overview of how international organizations were formed, for what purposes and how their structure has been changed. The distinction between formal organizational studies and studies of international organizations is minimal, because both help to widen the idea of creating an original position for better combinations of favorable circumstances or situations in human affairs. The chapter will explain, the origin of the term international organization (OR); historical roots of or studies; and define or; analyze the types of ORs in the contemporary world; reveals the relationship between the international relation (IR) and regime theories application in the OR’s studies; and the impact of the globalization. The chapter also unveils the relationships between organizational sociology and OR and finally it gives a general outline on the application institution theory in the study of OR following a brief summary. Organizations have the ability of inspiring and bringing people in concert to achieve combined goals. They are accountable for determining the intelligence needed to meet their goals. This chapter provides a glimmer of international organizations theory, origin, historical account, definitions and utilization of contemporary academic world intertwined with the international relations, regime and globalization as well as the organizational sociological theories and perspectives can be utilized to study of international organizations. This chapter will help to understand the historical account of international organization, pedagogical development and contemporary theories and practices of international organizations and organizational sociology.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 On State-Religion Relations: A Study On Israel And Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Sevinç Alkan Özcan ◽  
Muhammed Hüzeyin Mercan
Keyword(s):  
State Intervention ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Mass Gatherings ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religion And State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Regulations, measures and restrictions implemented by state authorities on public events and mass gatherings due to fear, anxiety, and panic caused by COVID-19 pandemic have made religious field more open to state intervention since the global pandemic started and religious practices underwent radical changes. Governments’ public health measures concerning the places of mass worship and religious gatherings to stop the spread of the pandemic and the reactions of religious groups against their orders and imposed restrictions emerged as a new dimension of the debates on state-religion and state-individual relations. In this regard, the main purpose of the study is to discuss the new global religious trends that emerged with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, which reshapes state-religion relations through the regulations and measure for containing the virus, in light of the experiences in different regions and religious traditions, and to analyze the relationship between the religion and the state in the Middle East, specifically the cases of Israel and Iran as religious character is dominant and orthodox religious groups play a significant role within the social and political structure in both countries.

scholarly journals La historia de las personas: reflexiones desde la historiografía y de la didáctica de las ciencias sociales durante los últimos 25 años

Panta Rei ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-196
Author(s):  
Mariona Massip Sabater ◽  
Jordi Castellví Mata ◽  
Joan Pagès Blanch
Keyword(s):  
Great Majority ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
School History ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

En este artículo se revisa la evolución de la ciencia histórica y de la historia escolar a lo largo de los últimos 25 años. Esta revisión se centra en los avances en la investigación y la enseñanza de la historia de las personas; es decir, aquella que atiende a la totalidad de agentes sociales e históricos, que se articula a partir de la proyección global de la humanidad y que atiende a los problemas de las experiencias humanas. En primer lugar, se concreta el concepto de historia escolar y se explica la relación que se establece entre la historia escolar y la historiografía. En segundo lugar, se analiza la evolución de ambas a lo largo de estos 25 años. Finalmente, se plantean retos de futuro. Existe un desequilibrio entre la evolución del conocimiento histórico y el impacto que ha tenido en el currículo escolar. La historia escolar sigue centrada, de manera mayoritaria, en los procesos políticos nacionales, y reproduciendo saberes androcéntricos y eurocéntricos en los que se excluyen la gran mayoría de protagonistas. In this article the evolution of historical science and school history over the past 25 years is reviewed. This review focuses on advances in people's history; that is, a history in which all social and historical agents are recognised, and which is articulated from the global consideration of humanity and human experiences. In the first place, the meaning of school history is specified, along with the relationship between school history and historiography. Secondly, the evolution of both over these 25 years is analysed. Finally, we pose future challenges. There is an imbalance between the evolution of historical knowledge and the impact it has had on the school curriculum and educational practices. School history continues to reproduce androcentric and Eurocentric knowledge based on political processes in which the great majority of protagonists are excluded.

scholarly journals The Impact of Education in South Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
Susan Allen Namalefe
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Caste System ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Household Organization ◽  
Education And Society ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Parts

Education is produced within power relationships; therefore, power and social dynamics are central to any analysis of the impact of education. The acquisition and benefits of education are similarly intertwined by class, family, gender and social tensions, relentlessly mutating into different varieties, environments and appearances, and endlessly involving control. This is the essence of The Impact of Education in South Asia. Drawing from case studies, ethnographic research, and interviews from different parts of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, the authors attempt to provide perspective to the relationship between education and society. Formal education challenges society by changing gender roles, household organization, family, and the caste system. Individuals negotiate and transform culture and the educational system.

scholarly journals The Development of the International Organization and Organizational Sociology Theories and Perspectives. Part 1-The Origin

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Medani Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Original Position ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Organizational Sociology ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper provides an overview of how international organizations were formed, for what purposes and how their structure has been changed. The distinction between formal organizational studies and studies of international organizations is minimal, because both help to widen the idea of creating an original position for better combinations of favorable circumstances or situations in human affairs. The chapter will explain, the origin of the term international organization (OR); historical roots of or studies; and define or; analyze the types of ORs in the contemporary world; reveals the relationship between the international relation (IR) and regime theories application in the OR’s studies; and the impact of the globalization. The chapter also unveils the relationships between organizational sociology and OR and finally it gives a general outline on the application institution theory in the study of OR following a brief summary. Organizations have the ability of inspiring and bringing people in concert to achieve combined goals. They are accountable for determining the intelligence needed to meet their goals. This chapter provides a glimmer of international organizations theory, origin, historical account, definitions and utilization of contemporary academic world intertwined with the international relations, regime and globalization as well as the organizational sociological theories and perspectives can be utilized to study of international organizations. This chapter will help to understand the historical account of international organization, pedagogical development and contemporary theories and practices of international organizations and organizational sociology.

Wealth versus political power: the Russian case

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Shlapentokh
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Complete Control ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Russian President ◽  
Rich People ◽  
Vladimir Putin ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The interplay between the state and the super rich has been a subject of intense debate since the time of Aristotle, who introduced the notion of oligarchs and the oligarchic regime as the ruling of a few rich people. The ideologically loaded debates about the role of wealthy people in society can be found in each country in the contemporary world. In recent times, the fact that Silvio Berlusconi is both Italy’s prime minister and the richest person in the country (who has almost complete control over Italian TV) has aroused intense debates about the impact of big business on politics (Stille, 2003). It is not surprising that the case of the Italian prime minister draws attention in Russia, where he is often compared to both the Russian president as well as to the oligarchs (Remnik, 2003). A dramatic struggle between Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose wealth was estimated before his arrest at eight-billion dollars,1 unfolded in the summer and fall of 2003. This conflict will likely be recounted in any future textbook that discusses the relationship between political power and big money.

scholarly journals The European Experience: The European Convention on Human Rights

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Kevin Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article focuses on the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court of Human Rights.  It explains the relationship between the Council of Europe, the Convention, and the Court as a system that is also a working example of a regional human rights mechanism. Some important rights and freedoms affirmed under the Convention are detailed, as is the impact of the Court's decisions on other judicial bodies. The article also comments on some future challenges for the Court.

Introduction: establishing the field of play

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
J. Simon Rofe
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
International System ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The introduction to the book lays out the key arguments of sport and diplomacy. It explains the value of the field of study, and why it has emerged in the last five years, and the relationship between these two enduring features of the contemporary world. The sections of the book addressing ‘Concepts and History’, ‘Public Diplomacy’ and ‘No Sport as Diplomacy’ are laid out. Further, it keeps a firm focus on the impact of the relationship between sport and diplomacy on practitioners and policy makers. The introduction argues for the relevance of the whole volume as shedding new light on to question such as: How far has sport been materially overlooked in the relationship between states and diplomacy? To what extent does sport provide a lens upon the international system that gives insight into broader issues of diplomacy, particularly the discourses of Soft Power and Public Diplomacy?; and What is the future of the relationship between Sport and Diplomacy?

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