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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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“Reciprocal Illumination” of Hinduism, Human Rights, and the Comparative Study of Religion: Arvind Sharma’s Contributions
Arvind Sharma has made immensely significant contributions in the fields of both comparative religion and the study of Hinduism through his...
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Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Uganda
Over the years, the nexus between religion, peacebuilding, and development has been manifest in Uganda in the wake to realization of the Sustainable...
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Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Rwanda
This chapter aims to provide a contextual analysis of Rwanda’s experience with the nexus of religion, conflict and peacebuilding in the context of...
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Develo** Transformatively: Religion and Peace Mediation in Nigeria
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 sets ambitious targets for peace, inclusivity, and justice. Achieving these targets in many parts of the world...
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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, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa: A Critical Appreciation
This chapter appraises the role of religion and religious actors in peacebuilding processes in Africa. By picking three varied case studies, the...
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Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa
There is a growing realization that the earth is clearly warming at a worrying pace. Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicates...
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Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: An Introduction
This chapter introduces the handbook. It summarizes the key issues relating to the focus of the handbook. The chapter begins by providing an overview...
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A Religion “Based Upon Principles, And Not Upon Persons”: The Heart of the “Strategic Fit” of Swami Vivekananda’s Promotion of Vedānta?
Adapting the SWOT matrix used in the study of the effectiveness of organizations, this article employs the notion of “strategic fit” to examine...
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Arts, Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
The chapter examines how the arts, specifically drama, have articulated the influence of religion in view of peacebuilding and development in...
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Religion and Politics in Mexican History
This contribution will describe the complex history of a Catholic nation that built a secular state in order to guarantee the sovereignty of the...
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Religion and the State: A Catholic View
Although it recognizes and honors the truths taught by other religions, the Catholic Church understands itself to be the Church established by Christ...
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Interfacing Gender, Religion, Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: An African Ecofeminist Perspective
Climate change represents one of the most challenging threats to sustainable development in Africa where over 70% of the people derive their...
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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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Religion and Peacebuilding in African Religious Studies and Theology: An Overview and Preliminary Evaluation
This chapter reviews and critiques the contribution of African scholars in African religious studies and theology to religion and peacebuilding in...
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Niebuhr’s Christian Realism on Religion, Politics, and Today’s Crises
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was, next to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most influential American Christian thinker of the twentieth century on...
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Religion and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Christianity as a new religion imposed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by missionaries is predicated on the destruction of traditional...
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African Traditions in the Study of Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: Engaging with Emmanuel Katongole
As with other fields in academia, the field of religion, peacebuilding and development in Africa is dominated by personalities and ideas from beyond...
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Defining Religion: A Secular Paradox
The French state has no formal, direct definition of religion. Its silence is predicated on the “secular character” of the French Republic, and it is...