These reflections on political topology are focused on Giorgio Agamben's notion of zone of indifference as origin of politics, and also on its different variations: homo sacer, nuda vita (blosses Leben), which is neither bios nor zoe, state of emergency and finally the glory as a zone of indifference between politics and religion (the holy). Both the idea of zone and the idea of indifference itself will be critically analyzed. Moreover, the argument that a threshold separates politics and the holy deserves a critical assessment too. Adapted from the source document.
This article presents a synthesis of a first approach to the problemimplied in the teaching of religion in the context of formal education in Colombia, given the new legislation that promotes pluralism and openness, both in attitude as in curricula and methods in formal education. In the first part, the article presents a background on pluralism, education and religion. In the second part, the findings of the analysis conducted by the members of the work team are presented. Finally, the Catholic Church's position on School Religious Education today is made explicit. The article leaves the discussion on the subject open. ; Este artículo presenta una síntesis, de una primera aproximación al problema que conlleva la enseñanza de la religión en la educación formal en Colombia, frente a la nueva legislación que promueve el pluralismo y la apertura, tanto de mentalidad, como de currículos y métodos, dentro de la educación formal en el país. En la primera parte del escrito, se exponen algunos antecedentes sobre el pluralismo, la educación y la religión. En la segunda parte del texto se presentan las conclusiones del análisis realizado por los miembros del equipo de trabajo. Por último, se explicita cuál es la posición de la Iglesia Católica frente a la formación religiosa escolar hoy. El artículo deja abierta la discusión sobre el tema.
Depuis le début du XXIe siècle, divers événements ont pu mettre en cause la place des pratiques et des institutions religieuses dans les sociétés démocratiques. Cet ouvrage interroge les notions de laïcité et de religion, leurs rapports avec les institutions politiques ou spirituelles depuis le Moyen Âge. Les notions de cohabitation et de coexistence sont également abordées, en prêtant une attention particulière aux arguments et aux contextes qui rendent possibles ces rencontres ou qui, au contraire, provoquent des confrontations
The article explores the role of religion in general, and Islam in particular, in the formation of political identities, followed by an analysis of the effects of religion on the development of political communities, and an examination of the influence of geopolitical conditions on this relationship. The final section examines the way in which Islam and other religions help and hinder the formation of political communities which correspond to the boundaries of Arab states. (DÜI-Hns)
The aim of this research is to know the effect of the loss of Ahok and Jarot in the general election in DKI Jakarta. The method of the research is qualitative by taking the references from some books, newspaper and magazine namely Tribun Kaltim Kaltim Post,Gatra and the others .The results of the research are (1).The supporters including the support of the Political Party involves the religion domain,(2). The supports of the Political Party do not avoid the actors of the religion followers who are the actors involved in the general election ;(3).The Voters should be given the religion aspects.(4).The loss of the couple Ahok and Jarot caused by religion domain; (5).The couple who get the victory because the religion centiment;(6).The winner will be gentlement because they will end happily and fairly and the couple of Ahok-Jarot has to be ensured that the income does never exchanged.The suggestions in this results are (1).The Political party supporters have to support based on political affairs ,(2). The Political party supporters not enter the religion affairs (3).The commisioners of KPU have to sentence to whoever relates the politics and religion in the compaign ,(4).The loss does not any relate with others but political affairs,(5).The supporters do not get any profit but to play fairly,(6).The all sides in the society has to keep it peaceful.,(7).General election is just competition not a war.
Religion permeates the life of every human being as well as every society throughout the world, and every religion has norms, values and acceptable standards contained in its doctrine. By inculcating in adherents these norms and values, religion is expected to promote social control and acceptable standards in the society, thereby reducing vices such as corruption. Thus religion and corruption are seen as having a symbiotic relationship. Focusing on the Christian religion, this paper argues that the prevalence of corruption in the Nigerian society today is an indication that the Christian religion is failing and is losing its potency to correct the vices in the society. It argues further that Christianity has been bastardized and commercialized to the extent that it is losing its appeal as a promoter of right values and spiritual standing as a result of factors such as quest for prosperity/materialism by adherents and religious leaders, quest for power, victory over perceived enemies; selfish interests, sycophancy and the like, all at the expense of the virtues and moral standards emphasized in the Bible. The paper concludes that not only has the Christian religion as an anti-virus failed in its function to cure a virus such as corruption, it has in itself become a citadel of corruption and the paper recommends that governments at all levels, religious leaders, adherents and the entire masses have a big role to play if the fight against corruption in Nigeria is to be successful. DOI:10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n3p522
In comparative and theoretical discussions, Turkey—where secularism is imposed from above as one of the irrevocable founding principles of the constitution—is criticized for being religiously hostile, aiming to repress religion in the public sphere in a coercive manner. This view is faulty on two grounds. First, it essentializes religion by assuming that religion is an objectively identifiable concept and that as such it can be separated from the realm of the secular and become an object of state power. The separation between the secular and the religious, as this article argues, is premised on particular definitions of religion, the roots of which are historically contingent and intimately linked to the rise of the modern nation-state. As the article argues, a particular conception of Islam is integrated into the nation-state's projects of rationalization, homogenization, and disciplinization, and as such it is turned into a disciplinary tool through which new citizens are created. Second, the claim that the state represses "religion" relies exclusively on legal and constitutional machinery that restricts the use of religion for political purposes and consequently misses how a particular conception of religion is disseminated by state institutions in the private realms of culture and education in order to form new Islamic selves that agree to put the nation's "sacred" interests above all "particular" interests. The article problematizes the way military service is normalized in defending the secular constitution through an appeal to the Islamic conception of martyrdom, wherein "good" citizens are promised to be rewarded not in the secular time but in the hereafter.
In den gesellschaftlichen und politischen Diskussionen wird oft eine direkte Beziehung zwischen Religion und Gewalt erörtert, die darauf zielt, die Religion schlechthin als Ursache der Gewaltbereitschaft anzuprangern. Die Quellen der monotheistischen Religionen Judentum, Christentum und Islam beinhalten ein Gewaltpotenzial, das im Laufe der Geschichte immer wieder von ihren Anhängern instrumentalisiert wurde. Diese Quellen können wir verstehen, wenn wir an ihre Aussagen nicht mit unserer heutigen Denkweise herangehen, sondern versuchen, sie aus der Perspektive ihrer Entstehungzeit zu erfassen. In diesem Buch haben sich christliche und muslimische Theologinnen und Theologen dem Thema Gewalt in der Bibel und im Koran gestellt. Anhand von Textbeispielen und hermeneutischen Zugangsweisen werden die Probleme angesprochen und Möglichkeiten zum Verständnis und zur Auslegung erörtert.
This Research has three objectives; 1) To study the principle and the practical method for making the peace by various religions, 2) To compare the principle and the practical method for making the peace between various religions, 3) To integrate the principle and the practical method for making the peace in various religions. This research is a qualitative study from the document consisting of the primary source, secondary source, and from interviewing the experts who have the mastery knowledge in various religions. The results found in this research are: 1) For the principle and the practical method for making the peace by various religions, they give the significance on the goal of human beings who has a desire to have serenity, safety, and happiness in life without using any violence towards each other. The request or demand to have peace originates from the state of conflict circumstances that has occurred tremendously in different society. Not for the fact that it is the conflict between individuals, conflict between organizations, and up to the conflict between countries. There are fighting a battle till making a war. 2) From the comparison of the principle and the practical method for making the peace between various religions, it was found that religions give value and importance of religion in order to have both the inner peace and the outer peace. However, with the understanding in each religion, it would initiate an adaptation or practice. Then, it would bring the religious teaching to make use for creating peace towards the society in different dimensions by preserving the purity of the teaching. 3) From an integration of the principle and the practical method for making the peace in various religions, it was found that part of the real objective in each religion is the self-reliance without any relying on all outside materials but the inner one. However, there is some reliance which is necessary to health, sanitation or the 4 basic necessities, but it is not for seeking to lead astray the mind to gather more until there is no sufficiency. ; การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 3 ประการ คือ 1) เพื่อศึกษาหลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพตามหลักศาสนาต่าง ๆ 2) เพื่อเปรียบเทียบหลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพระหว่างศาสนาต่าง ๆ 3) เพื่อบูรณาการหลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพในศาสนาต่างๆ การวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพจากเอกสาร ประกอบด้วยข้อมูลปฐมภูมิ ข้อมูลทุติยภูมิ และการสัมภาษณ์ผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิที่มีความรอบรู้เกี่ยวกับศาสนาต่าง ๆ ผลการวิจัย พบว่า 1) หลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพตามหลักศาสนาต่าง ๆ โดยศาสนาต่างๆ ให้ความสำคัญกับเป้าหมายของมนุษย์ที่มีปรารถนาความสงบปลอดภัย และความสุขในชีวิต โดยไม่ใช้ความรุนแรงต่อกัน ข้อเรียกร้องหรือความต้องการสันติภาพเกิดจากสภาพสถานการณ์ความขัดแย้งที่เกิดปรากฏมีขึ้นมากมายในหลายสังคม ไม่ว่าจะเป็นความขัดแย้งระหว่างบุคคล ความขัดแย้งระหว่างองค์กร และจนถึงความขัดแย้งระหว่างประเทศ มีการรบพุ่งกัน ต่อสู้กันจึงเกิดเป็นสงคราม 2) จากการเปรียบเทียบหลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพระหว่างศาสนาต่าง ๆ พบว่าศาสนาต่าง ๆ ให้คุณค่าและความสำคัญของศาสนาเพื่อให้เกิดสันติทั้งภายนอกและภายใน แต่อย่างไรก็ตาม การมีความเข้าใจในแต่ละศาสนาจะทำให้เกิดการปรับตัว หรือปฏิบัติ และนำคำสอนทางศาสนามาใช้ให้เกิดสันติสุขต่อสังคมในหลายมิติได้ โดยการดำรงรักษาความบริสุทธิ์ของคำสอนไว้ 3) จากการบูรณาการหลักการและวิธีปฏิบัติเพื่อการสร้างสันติภาพในศาสนาต่าง ๆ พบว่าวัตถุประสงค์แท้จริงส่วนหนึ่งของแต่ละศาสนา คือเพื่อให้พึ่งตนเองได้ โดยไม่ต้องขึ้นต่อวัตถุภายนอกทุกอย่าง หากแต่จะพึ่งวัตถุภายนอกใน อย่างไรก็ตามหากมีการพึ่งพิงในด้านที่จำเป็นคือ ต่อสุขภาพ อนามัย หรือด้านปัจจัย 4 แต่ไม่ใช่แสวงหาเพื่อมอมเมาจิตใจให้เกิดการสะสมจนไม่รู้จักเพียงพอ
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Divorce -- Introduction -- 1 Between Church and Nation -- 2 National Ideals and Their Failure -- 3 Religious and Secular Extremes at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- Part II. Defense -- Introduction -- 4 Piety Against Politics -- 5 Local Languages for the Defense of Religion -- Part III. Détente -- Introduction -- 6 The Limits of Personal Reconciliation -- 7 Reconciliation of Cultures in the Third Republic -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The "Nation" Conundrum -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index
The Berbers are a group of agro-pastoralists residing primairly in Northern Africa, and are united by the shared use of the Berber language. This entry focuses more specifically on the Riffians of Morocco, who are Sunni Muslims of the Maliki school. In the case of the Riffians, the religious group is coterminous with the society itself, as religion, politics, and culture are interwoven. This entry focuses on Morocco ca. 1926, when Morocco was a French Protectorate (1912-1956). Principal ethnographic sources have limited details on supernatural beings (Allah, specifically). ; Non UBC ; Unreviewed ; Other
The emergence of 'new atheism' during the course of the last decade helped fuel an upsurge of interest in issues around religion. But scholarly analysis of new atheism, particularly its political dimensions, remains embryonic. This paper addresses this lacuna by examining the politics of new atheism across a variety of themes related to politics. These include the causal factors underpinning its emergence and development, its organisational structure and composition, the political strategies pursued by its proponents, and the various internal tensions and conflicts that these dynamics have produced.
Reflections are offered on the 1986 prediction by the founding editor of this journal that the years 1976-1980 marked a turning point in China's religious policy & the beginning of its move toward religious freedom. Here, the journal's incoming editor reassessed the situation in China today in light of its current policy toward religion & degree of religious freedom. Highlights of the author's recent meeting with sociologist Peter L. Berger & Ye Xiaowen, director of China's State Administration of Religious Affairs, are reported. K. Hyatt Stewart
Letter from a Religious citizen to an ecclesiastic, posing three questions: Could an ecclesiastic swear to the constitution; would it be lawful for an ecclesiastic to censor the constitution in the confessional, pulpit or in writing, and to inspire its disregard; and would the ecclesiastic who would promote or assist a revolution with the intention of destroying the system of government fail badly against religion? Dated 20 July 1820