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Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: Challenges
Religion has been presented as a critical resource in both discourses on peacebuilding and development. However, as conflicts increase worldwide, the...
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Religion, Feminist Peace, and Security in Nigeria and Uganda
This chapter examines feminist peace and security understanding and practices within religious institutions in Africa using SDG16 as a benchmark....
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African Traditional Religion, Social Justice, and Human Rights
The gap between the ancient and the modern world notwithstanding, the constituents of social justice and human rights are found in African past, and...
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The Global State Church: The Political and Security Roles of Religion in Contemporary Education
The interface of religion and education is a new and significant aspect of international geopolitics, evidenced by key political policy documents...
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Hannah Kinoti: African Religion, Community Consciousness, and Virtue Ethics
Hannah Wangeci Kinoti has contributed immensely to African traditional ethics. She argued that the heart of morality is community consciousness since...
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Gender, Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Zimbabwe
This chapter evaluates the Zimbabwe Council of Churches’ (ZCC) peacebuilding programme and its impact on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). In...
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African Traditional Religion, Conflict Resolution, and Peaceful Societal Co-existence
African societies are largely confronted with varying forms of intra- and inter-group conflict, arising from socio-economic and political furor....
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Abraham Kuyper: Church and State, Religion and Politics
Abraham Kuyper was a pastor and theologian who was drawn into politics by modernizing developments in nineteenth-century Dutch society. His...
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Magic, Religion and Evolutionary Ethics
Hypotheses proposed from an evolutionary perspective partly explain why every universal religion, including secular substitutes, encompasses...
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Conceptual and Theoretical Framework of Islamic Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking
Islam is a religion originating from the teachings of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad. Both the Qur’an and Sunnah are the foundational...
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Theoretical Perspectives on Religion, Conflicts, and Peace
After the presentation of a model of religious leaders’ role in peacebuilding in previous sections, this part will situate the relationships between...
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Religion, Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding, and Development in Ghana: The Role of the National Peace Council
The chapter analyses the genesis and activities of Ghana’s National Peace Council (NPC) and its contribution to peacebuilding and economic...
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The Income Equality Gap Between Rich and Poor and Its Effect on Citizenship, Democracy, and Religion
This theoretical paper examines growing income inequality -- the increasing disparity between rich and poor, which affects citizenship, democracy,...
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Crop Diseases, Pests and Food Insecurity in Africa: An Islamic Perspective
Religion shapes the views of believers regarding their perceptions of nature, hence the fundamental need to understand the role of religion in...
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Under the Master’s Table: An Anti-darkness and Caste Interpretation of the Canaanite Woman
This chapter will probe and tease out the nuances between caste, religion, and color that are intricately intertwined to construct an anti-darkness...
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Religious Liberty in South Africa
This chapter aims to reflect broadly on the constitutional and legislative regimes governing religious liberty in South Africa. The aforesaid...
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Assessing the Relationship Between Service Quality and Satisfaction Among Tourists to Selangor International Islamic Arts Complex
Service quality and satisfaction has long been known to be closely related, where an increase in one is likely to lead to a rise in the other. This...
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Ethics and Philosophy of Anne Nasimiyu Wasike
Most intellectual work proceeds from deliberate perspectives that shape interpretations and resultant actions from different authored ideas. This...
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The Politicization of Spirituality in Southern Africa
Colonial oppressors undertook their oppressive activities on the grounds that they were doing it for “the Christian faith and civilization” and that...
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Ethics, Gender, and Philosophy of Puleng LenkaBula
This chapter explores Puleng LenkaBula’s contribution to African feminist ethics and theologies, highlighting her emphasis on realizing economic...