Review of Public Faith? The State of Religious Belief and Practice in Britain edited by Paul Avis

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Brierley
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
The State

The Cwezi-Kubandwa Debate: Gender, Hegemony and Pre-Colonial Religion in Bunyoro, Western Uganda

Africa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Doyle
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
The State ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Organizational Resources ◽  
Colonial Authority ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Western Uganda

AbstractThe Cwezi-kubandwa cult was the most prominent form of religious belief in the interlacustrine region of East Africa during the pre-colonial period. It has long been regarded as providing ideological support to monarchical regimes across the region. Recently, though, scholars have contrasted the hegemonic ambitions of the state with evidence that Cwezi-kubandwa also provided opponents of pre-colonial authority structures with both ideological and organizational resources. In particular historians of the cult have hypothesized that Cwezi-kubandwa offered women a refuge from patriarchal political and domestic institutions, and that Cwezi-kubandwa was dominated by women in terms of its leadership, membership and idioms. This article challenges the new orthodoxy by suggesting that both traditional religion's hegemonic and counter-hegemonic roles may have been over-estimated. A re-examination of the Nyoro sources indicates instead that Cwezi-kubandwa was far from homogeneous and dominant, that kubandwa was not obviously oppositional to other, supposedly male-dominated, religious beliefs, and that Cwezi-kubandwa brought female exploitation as well as empowerment. These findings require either a re-evaluation of the nature of Cwezi-kubandwa across the region, or recognition that the cult was much more geographically diverse than has hitherto been believed.

Budaya Arkhaik Dalam Aktualisasi Agama Modern

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rannu Sanderan
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Interesting Problem ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Traditional Manner

As defined in Encyclopaedia Britannica, Myth is a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially associated with religious belief. Eventhough it is traditional manner, but the religious belief is absolutely apparent in this modern age. That’s the interesting problem that need to be studied in this literature research. the word myth may also be used more loosely to refer to an ideological belief when that belief is the object of a quasi-religious faith; an example would be the Marxist eschatological myth of the withering away of the state. The term mythology denotes both the study of myth and the body of myths belonging to a particular religious tradition.

scholarly journals Religion in the Public Forum

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Trigg
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
The State ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Court ◽  
Important Means ◽  
The Church

Must the state be neutral to all religious and philosophical positions? This article argues that that is an impossibility and that the most basic principles of our democratic society, such as our belief in the importance of individual freedom and equality, are Christian in origin and need their Christian roots. The relevance of recent judgments in the European Court of Human Rights and in English courts is discussed. In particular, exception is taken to views of religious belief that see it as subjective, irrational and arbitrary. It is argued that religion needs to take its place in the public arena, and that the national recognition of the Church of England through establishment is an important means to that end.1

scholarly journals ANCAMAN DISKRIMINASI MINORITAS DAN HILANGNYA MULTIKULTURALISME DI INDONESIA: STUDI KASUS PENUTUPAN GKI YASMIN BOGOR

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Budi Sirait
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Democratic Government ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The Church

This article is based on research in Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI, Indoensian Christian Chruch) Yasmin Bogor as a case study. It has been years for the community to struggle for gaining permission to legally build the church. Court has decided to allow the community to use the building for religius activities. However, practically, the court's decision cannot be implemented because there was pressure for some parties, including from the local government, to refuse the operation of the church. The study is aimed to identify the dynamics and difficulties of being minority in a nation-state, called Indonesia. This lengthens the list of acts of intolerance and violence on minority within a democratic government, in which majority is still preferred. There is a celar need for changing the mindset of the state and society to resolve conflict based on religious belief, to enable equality in economy, politics and religious life.

Hobbes’s Political Philosophy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Political System ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Obligation ◽  
Central Problem ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Law Of Nature ◽  
The Law

This chapter examines some questions in Thomas Hobbes's political philosophy, with the objective of identifying what, if anything, Hobbes thought to be the central problem, or problems, of politics. It links these questions to an account of why the state of nature is so intolerable, of how we may leave it, and whether the manner of our leaving is well explained by Hobbes. The chapter also considers the implications for Hobbes's account of the rights and duties of the sovereign, along with the contentious issue of the subject's right, in extremis, to reject his sovereign and rebel. Finally, it analyzes Hobbes's account of the nature of punishment, his conception of the law of nature, his theory of political obligation, the role (or lack of a role) of religious belief in his political system, and his views on liberty.

Conclusion

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Chaves
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Religious Conservatism ◽  
Conservative Protestant ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Protestant Denominations ◽  
Service Attendance

This concluding chapter argues that based on the religious trends documented in this book, no indicator of traditional religious belief or practice is going up. There is much continuity and some decline. There is more religious diversity, there are shifting fortunes for liberal and conservative Protestant denominations, and there are troubling signs about the state of religious leadership. Moreover, changes are occurring inside congregations, and there is a tighter connection between religious service attendance and political, social, and religious conservatism. There is also more diffuse spirituality, but this diffuse spirituality should not be mistaken for an increase in traditional religiosity. As such, if there is a trend, it is toward less religion.

Reason and Miracles

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael LeBuffe
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Irrational Belief ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
The State ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
The Stability

In chapter 6 of the Theological Political Treatise, Spinoza writes that Scripture does not aim to convince reason but instead aims to inspire devotion. Ordinary people, he suggests, can be made to cooperate only by the devotion that arises from an irrational belief in miracles. Because a life lived according to reason is a good life, this emphasis on devotion may seem to suggest that Spinoza is an elitist, who thinks that political stability requires that ordinary people be made to obey through religious belief and so prevented from attaining understanding. Such an interpretation would be mistaken. On Spinoza’s view all people have and are motivated by reason. Religious ideas must, in order to motivate action consistently and well, motivate the same sorts of actions that reason motivates. So understood, Spinoza’s view is one on which religion can help all citizens to flourish without undermining the stability of the state.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE VISIBILITY OF MEDIA SENSITIZATION TOWARDS THE UTILIZATION OF MEDIA WEATHER REPORTS AMONG FARMERS IN ANAMBRA STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Nnanwuba Adum ◽  
Charles Chukwuemeka Okika ◽  
Chiazor Chiaghana ◽  
Ogechukwu Okoli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
The State ◽  
Message Content ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
The Media ◽  
Planting System

The benefits inherent in the utilization of climate change report in Agriculture cannot over emphasized. It helps the farmers to make informed decisions about their plantings and helps improve agricultural proceeds. This study examined the level of exposure of farmers in Anambra state to media weather reports, their dispositions towards the weather reports and their usage of weather reports in farming decision making. This study was designed as a survey. A sample of 400 farmers was drawn from 120000 farmers registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Anambra State. Six local government areas were selected to represent the three senatorial zones in the state, and four communities to represent the selected local government areas. Findings from the survey indicate that the farmers have knowledge of weather reports but, they do not utilize these because they do not understand the message content and are unable to interpret it towards utilizing them in making decision for their planting system. The study concluded that difficulty in understanding of the weather reports and religious belief were the factors that inhibit the use of weather reports in farming decision making among farmers in Anambra State.  The study recommended, increased and sustained aggressive sensitization should be done by the media. The study recommended that the bodies responsible for preparing the weather forecast like the Nigerian Meteorological Agency should be providing regular and updated weather reports to the media, and make such reports to be less technical in order to bridge the challenge of difficulty in understanding.

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