scholarly journals The Situation of New Religious Studies in Vietnam

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Truong Van Chung ◽  
Nguyen Thoai Linh
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
New Religions ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Religion

There is a prominent phenomenon in the religious life of Vietnam, which is the emergence of “new religions”. These phenomena have not only made the religious space of the nation more complex and multi-dimensional but also challenged stability and sustainable development within the religious communities in this key economic region. Having studied the new religious phenomenon in recent years, we have noted its progress and widespread characteristics within the ethnic communities. While it may appear that "new religion" is a simple and gentle concept and practice, it is in fact, intrinsically related to and has significant implications on the social life of the community members. However, there is a growing concern, considerable suspicion and anxiety with regards to its impacts on individuals, families, social and cultural traditions, beliefs and religions; many have opined that it is radically changing the peaceful cohabitation of diverse religious traditions, revealing a potential for conflicts across groups. Based on the religious reality of the Southern region of Vietnam, the Center for Religion Studies has implemented a project regarding new religions in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and the problems faced by the religious policy in Vietnam. This article is an overview of the results of this project.

A Dictionary of Sikh Studies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pashaura Singh
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
South Asian Studies ◽  
Northern India ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Over 350 entries This new dictionary provides accessible definitions of the terms that the growing number of students of Sikhism will encounter. It covers beliefs, practices, festivals, sacred sites, and principal languages, as well as the social and religious processes through which Sikhism has evolved. A major focus is the teachings of the founder of Sikhism, Gurū Nānak, and doctrinal developments under subsequent Gurūs. Incorporating the 500-year history of Sikhism, from its birth in northern India to its more recent spread around the world, it covers the interplay between the Sikh tradition and other religious traditions, including Hindu and Sufi. It is an invaluable first reference for students and teachers of Sikhism, religious studies, South Asian studies, philosophy, and the related disciplines of history, sociology, and anthropology, as well as for all practising Sikhs and anyone with an interest in Sikh religion and culture.

Material Culture and Embodiment in American Religion

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
American Religion ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Will

In recent years, the study of religion has undergone a useful materialization in the work of many scholars, who are not inclined to define it in terms of ideas, creeds, or doctrines alone, but want to understand what role sensation, emotion, objects, spaces, clothing, and food have played in religious practice. If the intellect and the will dominated the study of religion dedicated to theology and ethics, the materialization of religious studies has taken up the role of the body, expanding our understanding of it and dismantling our preconceptions, which were often notions inherited from religious traditions. As a result, the body has become a broad register or framework for gauging the social, aesthetic, and practical character of religion in everyday life. The interest in material culture as a primary feature of religion has unfolded in tandem with the new significance of the body and the broad materialization of religious studies.

scholarly journals Islam dan Pluralisme Dalam Pembangunan Politik di Indonesia (Perspektif Pemikiran Abdurrahman Wahid)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Musda Asmara
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Religious Plurality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
Religion And Nationalism

This paper aims to explore the thoughts of Abdurrahman Wahid about Islam and plurarism in political development in Indonesia, referring to the condition of the Indonesian nation that is difficult to live amid a climate of religious plurality, then he voiced the call for peaceful coexistence in the social life of religious communities in Indonesia. For Abdurrahman, with his keen thoughts on religion and nationalism, he directed his thoughts on inclusiveness in religious life. This paper is presented in the literature review. The results can be drawn from this paper, that the plurarism according to Gus Dur, namely the existence of awareness to know each other and dialogue sincerely so that one group with each other take and give. Islam as the majority religion in Indonesia, continued Gus Dur, has important values in creating harmony among peoples and achieve political stability in Indonesia. This idea can be glimpsed in terms of indigenous Islam, democratic values and human rights, humanitarian principles in the plurality of society, the principle of justice, egalitarian

scholarly journals ELIT AGAMA DAN HARMONISASI SOSIAL DI PALANGKA RAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Abubakar HM ◽  
Mualimin Mualimin ◽  
Nurliana Nurliana
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Personal Choice ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patterns Of Interaction

Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the social interaction among the religious elites in Palangka Raya. The focus of this writing was the patterns of interaction among the religious elites, the encouraging factors of interaction, and the implications of interaction among the religious communities towards the social life among the religious communities in Palangka Raya. This research is a field research using a qualitative method. The data was collected through observation and interview. It was concluded that the interaction among the religious elites in Palangka Raya was supported by the integrative strengths which enable the harmonious relationship among the religious elites. These integrative strengths were the cultural values which have rooted and have been inherited to the next generations, especially to Dayak society. The religious difference in Dayak culture is not seen as the opposing form, but as a human right and a personal choice of each person. On this level the patterns of interaction which will be formed is integrative solidarity. The harmonious relationship among the religious elites then has implications towards the social life among the religious communities. These implicationswere the realization of the harmonious and collaborative relationships among the religious communities in Palangka Raya.  Paper ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis interaksi sosial antara elit agama di Palangka Raya. Fokus kajian dalam tulisan ini terkait dengan pola interaksi elit agama, faktor pendorong interaksi, dan implikasi interaksi antara elit agama terhadap kehidupan sosial antar umat beragama di Kota Palangka Raya.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian lapangan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif.Untuk memperoleh data dilakukan dengan observasi dan wawancara.Hasil temuan dapat disimpulkan bahwa interaksi antarelit agama di Kota Palangka Raya ditopang oleh kekuatan integratif yang memungkinkan terjadinya hubungan harmonis antara elit agama.Kekuatan integratif tersebut adalah nilai-nilai budaya yang telah mengakar dan diwariskan secara turun-temurun khususnya pada masyarakat Dayak. Perbedaan agama dalam budaya Dayak tidak dipandang sebagai bentuk pertentangan, tetapi sebagai hak asasi dan pilihan pribadi setiap orang. Pada tataran ini pola interaksi yang akan terbentuk adalah bersifat solidaritas integratif. Hubungan yang harmonis antara elit agama kemudian berimplikasi pada kehidupan sosial antarumat beragama di Palangka Raya. Implikasi tersebut terutawa terwujudnya hubungan yang harmonis dan kolaboratif antarumat beragama di Palangka Raya.

scholarly journals The diversity of manifestations of the social service of religious communities

2008 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
N. Gavrilova
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Church

The activities of religious organizations are aimed primarily at augmenting spiritual values, but are also relevant to the needs of a person's social life. For many centuries, social issues have been important, and they remain relevant today. Right now, they are receiving special attention, because the level of social life in Ukraine is not the best. In this case, the role of the Church as a social institution is ancillary to the healing of society.

scholarly journals The Relation of Muslim and Christian Community: Hermeneutic Contribution to Create the Third Space in the Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-252
Author(s):  
Eric D. Coblentz
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
The Third ◽  
Middle Way ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach

One of the social conflicts caused by the false understanding of religion often occurs, making horizontal and vertical conflicts in social life. Nevertheless, there is a way to resolve the inter-religious conflict called a ‘third space community.’ This article seeks to answer how we should interpret Jesus in two different religious communities (Islam and Christian)? With Martin Buber’s hermeneutic approach to ‘I-Thou,’ this paper describes an understanding of the “term of religions” to interpret each other in the two religious communities. Multicultural communication as a form of interpretation of the “third space” is a middle way to resolve conflicts. Thus, this paper is expected that the understanding of Jesus is not a source of division but rather a limitation of religion, culture, and horizons for its adherents. Referring to Gadamer’s concept, a one-sided understanding will prevent each society (Islam and Christian) from interpreting Jesus. Afterward, this article suggests that the understanding of Jesus let the community fully interpret it.

The Study of Yoruba Religious Tradition in Historical Perspective

Numen ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob K. Olupona
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conducting Research

AbstractThis essay presents an overview of past and recent scholarship in Yoruba religion. The earliest studies of Yoruba religious traditions were carried out by missionaries, travellers and explorers who were concerned with writing about the so called "pagan" practices and "animist" beliefs of the African peoples. In the first quarter of the 20th century professional ethnologists committed to documenting the Yoruba religion and culture were, among other things, concerned with theories about cosmology, belief-systems, and organizations of Orisà cults. Indigenous authors, especially the Reverend gentlemen of the Church Missionary Society, responded to these early works by proposing the Egyptian origin of Yoruba religion and by conducting research into Ifá divination system as a preparatio evangelica. The paper also examines the contributions of scholars in the arts and the social sciences to the interpretation and analysis of Yoruba religion, especially those areas neglected in previous scholarship. This essay further explores the study of Yoruba religion in the Americas, as a way of providing useful comparison with the Nigerian situation. It demonstrates the strong influence of Yoruba religion and culture on world religions among African diaspora. In the past ten years, significant works on the phenomenology and history of religions have been produced by indigenous scholars trained in philosophy and Religionswissenschaft in Europe and America and more recently in Nigeria. Lastly, the essay examines some neglected aspects of Yoruba religious studies and suggests that future research should focus on developing new theories and uncovering existing ones in indigenous Yoruba discourses.

scholarly journals THE NEW RESPONDS TOWARD THE CHALLENGE: ISLAMIC DA'WAH AND CATHOLIC MISSION IN SEMARANG, 1890s-1940s

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Mukhamad Shokheh
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Organization ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Catholic Mission

<p>This study discusses the growth and development of religious movements and their effects on social life of religious communities during the period 1890s-1940s Semarang. The main problems of this study are the growth and development of Islamic da’wah and Catholic mission and its influence on socio-religious life to the people in Semarang. This study used the historical method in order to answer the problem. The development of Islamic da'wah and Catholic missions in Semarang in the period 1890s-1940s could be seen into two mainstream, namely the renewal of da’wah and indigenization of mission. Islamic da'wah and Catholic mission have brought progress to the social religious life of societies. Poeple in Semarang recognized the religious organization and new forms of leadership which more rational and democratic, and the growth of new awareness of identity from  people to the identity as citizens.</p><p> </p><p>Penelitian ini mendiskusikan muncul dan berkembangnya gerakan keagamaan dan dampaknya pada kehidupan sosial pada komunitas agama periode 1890-an sampai 1940-an di Kota Semarang. Permasalahan utama dalam penelitian ini adalah pertumbuhan dan perkembangan dakwah Islam dan misi Katolik, serta pengaruhnya terhadap kehidupan sosial keagamaan di Semarang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode sejarah untuk menjawab permasalahan. Perkembangan dakwah Islam dan misi Katolik pada periode 1890-an sampai 1940-an dapat dilihat dari dua mainstream, yakni pembaharuan dakwah dan indigenisasi (pelokalan) dari misi. Dakwah Islam dan misi Katolik memberikan progress terhadap kehidupan sosial keagamaan di Semarang. Masyarakat di Semarang mengenal organisasi keagamaan dan bentuk baru dari kepemimpinan yang lebih rasional dan demokratis, dan tumbuhnya kesadaran atas identitas personal menjadi identitas sebagai warga masyarakat.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Liderazgos interculturales en América Latina: desigualdades persistentes y resistencias comunitarias, como alternativas durante la pandemia de COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-87
Author(s):  
Teodora De Sousa ◽  
Juan Paillafil Calfulen ◽  
Rossana Mejía ◽  
Jeiser Suárez ◽  
Serafina Espinoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Community Resistance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Alternative Community

La desigualdad socioeconómica en América Latina ha modelado múltiples dinámicas de la vida social en la región. Actualmente, estas se han visto intensificadas en el marco de la pandemia de COVID-19, generando graves consecuencias sociales, económicas y sanitarias, con efectos diferenciados para las mujeres, las comunidades étnicas y los territorios rurales a lo largo de la región. Frente a ello, se relatan en el presente artículo cinco experiencias de liderazgo en comunidades étnicas de distintos países de América Latina; experiencias que, desde propuestas alternativas de resistencia comunitaria, han formulado iniciativas para la contención del virus y la crisis socioeconómica que sus comunidades han padecido en este contexto. Intercultural leaderships in Latin America: durable inequalities and alternative community resistances during the pandemic of COVID-19 Abstract: Socioeconomical inequality in Latin America, has shaped multiple dynamics of the social life in the region. Nowadays, these have been intensified in the frame of the pandemic of COVID-19, generating severe social, economic, and sanitary consequences, with differentiated effects for women, ethnic communities, and rural territories in the region. As a result, in this article, there will be related five leadership experiences among ethnic communities of diverse Latin American countries; from where there has been constructed alternative solutions of community resistance, to contain the virus and the socioeconomical crisis that their communities have hold within the present context. Key words: inequality, interculturality, community leadership, social resistance, pandemic.

scholarly journals Tahapan Pemberdayaan Berbasis Aset Komunitas pada Desa Wisata Pentingsari Yogyakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Putri Noer Aini ◽  
Sri Dewi Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Empowerment Theory ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Village Communities

One of the efforts to reduce poverty is through community asset-based empowerment, as has been done by the people of Pentingsari Village, Yogyakarta. Through the Pentingsari Tourism Village program, people who initially relied on income only from agriculture can now be more prosperous through village nature-based tourism management and the social life of village communities. Various development obstacles can be overcome by carrying out development stages. Therefore, the focus of this study is to determine the stages of asset-based empowerment carried out by the people of Pentingsari Village in 2008 - 2018. This study uses a literature study approach. Empowerment in Pentingsari Village shows a relevance to Christopher Dureau's asset-based empowerment theory. In this study, the findings of community asset-based development in Pentingsari Village from 2008-2018 include the six stages of empowerment. The implementation of these six stages has always involved the local community and has brought positive changes to the community. The implementation of the stage of studying and arranging scenarios (define), the stage of uncovering the past (discovery), and the stage of dreaming of the future are carried out continuously, with the role of the pioneer character being more dominant. After that, the asset mapping stage was carried out in a sustainable and sustainable manner, with the asset mobilization stage and the monitoring stage through routine forums attended by community members and village officials.

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