Secularism And Africa
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Author | : John Osogo Ambani |
Publisher | : Brill Research Perspectives in |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9789004446410 |
Download Africa and the Decolonisation of State-religion Policies Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book argues that a view has taken root in Africa, which equates state-secularism to the aggressive removal of religion from the public sphere or even state ambivalence towards religious affairs. This view arises from a misguided interpretation of the practice of state-secularism particularly in France, Turkey and the US, which understanding is ill-suited for the sub-Sahara Africa's state-religion because the region boasts of at least three major religious traditions, African religion, Islam and Christianity, and blanket condemnation of public manifestation of religion or ambivalence towards it may offend the natural flourishing of this trinity and more. The contribution holds that most applications of state-secularism in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda favour the Christian faith, which during its tumultuous experiences in Europe survived the enlightenment, the reformation and like experiences socialised to co-exist with what are now called secular states. Additionally, due to the long history of Christendoms in Europe, Christian principles penetrated the colonial legal systems that were bequeathed to Africa at independence and the sustenance of the colonial legacy means that the Abrahamic faith has an upper hand in the state-religion relations' contest. The obvious loser is African religion which has suffered major onslaughts since the colonial days.
Author | : NA NA |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1349613738 |
Download Islamism and Secularism in North Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book provides an excellent handbook to the Islamic movements in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya and fills a major gap in the scholarship on Islam and the Arab West.
Author | : Jim Harries |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2015-04-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1625647700 |
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Secular assumptions underlie much formal communication between the West and Africa, and even intra-Africa. Secularism is dualistic by nature, but thinking in Africa is mostly monistic. This book suggests that it is better to be rooted in faith in Christ than in so-called secularism. The great respect given to the Bible in much of Africa verifies this idea. Communication of and through Christ is a bridge that can enable indigenous sustainable development. The same gospel is the bridge over which the West itself passes. Maintaining supposedly secular presuppositions may be denying sub-Saharan African people the means for self-initiated sustainable progress. This books draws on anthropology, linguistics, and theology, as well as the author's experience of living in Africa. Harries shares an autobiographical account of personal long-term grassroots ministry, and proposes a revision of widely held understandings of linguistics pertaining especially to the relationship between the West and Africa. He also looks at Bible teaching ministry in light of contemporary African contexts.
Author | : Aylward Shorter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Christianity |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Benno van den Toren |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781506483696 |
Download Is Africa Incurably Religious? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The volume studies the meaning of secularization in sub-Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora. The first part focuses on Africa's cultural and religious traditions. The second part study secularization in contemporary Africa. The final section explores what the various secularization expressions mean for Christian discipleship in Africa. _
Author | : Quentin Wodon |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821399667 |
Download Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This study provides evidence on the role of faith-inspired, private secular, and public schools in Africa using nationally representative household surveys as well as qualitative data. The study focuses on a comparative assessment of market share, reach to the poor, cost for households, and satisfaction of households with the services received.
Author | : Ezra Chitando |
Publisher | : University of Bamberg Press |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2020-06-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3863097351 |
Download Religion and Development in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another community/ country is "under-developed"? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to development or underdevelopment in Africa? These and related questions elicit quite charged reactions in African studies, development studies, political science and related fields. Africa's own history, including the memory of marginalisation, slavery and exploitation by global powers ensures that virtually every discussion on development is characterised by a lot of emotions and conflicting views. In this volume scholars from various African countries and many different religions and denominations contribute to this debate."--
Author | : José Mapril |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2017-02-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3319437267 |
Download Secularisms in a Postsecular Age? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume ethnographically explores the relation between secularities and religious subjectivities.As a consequence of the demise of secularization theory, we live in an interesting intellectual moment where the so-called ‘post-secular’ coexists with the secular, which in turn has become pluralized and historicized. This cohabitation of the secular and post-secular is revealed mainly through political dialectical processes that overshadow the subjective and inter-subjective dimensions of secularity, making it difficult to pinpoint concrete sites, agents, and objects of expression. Drawing on cases from South America, Africa, and Europe, contributors apply key insights from religious studies debates on the genealogies and formations of both religion and secularism. They explore the spaces, persons, and places in which these categories emerge and mutually constitute one another.
Author | : Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2022-08-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9004449965 |
Download Religious Freedom in Secular States Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What constitutes the core values, tenets, cultural, historic, and ideological parameters of secularism in international contexts? In twelve chapters, this edited work examines current tensions in liberal secular states where myriad rights and freedoms compete regarding education, healthcare, end-of-life choices, clothing, sexual orientation, reproduction, and minority interests.
Author | : Christopher Cameron |
Publisher | : Critical Insurgencies |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810140790 |
Download Black Freethinkers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Black Freethinkers is the first study to offer a comprehensive historical treatment of African American freethought (including atheism, agnosticism, and secular humanism) from the nineteenth century to the present.