Recent Submissions

  • Review of Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home

    Montevecchio, Caesar A. (DigitalCommons@CSB/SJU, 2024-03-03)
  • Eco-Virtue Ethics and Anthropological Commitments of Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum: Towards a Renewed Integral Ecology

    Stophynus Anyanwu, Ugochukwu (DigitalCommons@CSB/SJU, 2024-03-03)
    The Fourth Chapter of Laudato Si’ (LS) of Pope Francis deals with the theme of ‘Integral Ecology’ from a religious tradition. This chapter can be interpreted as the fulcrum of the encyclical because of the density of its anthropological and ethical considerations. The theme of this chapter has informed a more emphatic presentation in the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (LD) on the climatic challenges confronting humanity. Both documents, with incomparable courage and novelty, offer enriching ethical discourses for advancing social, cultural, and human ecology in consonance with social justice, common good, solidarity, and subsidiarity. They contain the magisterial appeal that shows the unity of the created order. This paper offers an anthropological reading of the two documents to establish an essential framework for forming ecological ethics and virtues that can guide the ongoing global politics and discussions on the urgency of safeguarding the environment. This paper also considers the imperatives of virtue ethics in the institutional and organizational proposals for caring for our common home and the poorest of the earth.
  • Rentmeesterschap:een klassiek christelijk model opnieuw onderzocht

    Pruiksma, Nienke; van der Ham, Kirsten; Luteyn, Mart Jan; van Vliet, Geke; Smit, Peter-Ben; van der Linden, Marieke; Dubbink, Joep (Nederlandse Zendingsraad, 2020-06)
    Deze bijdrage gaat in op de vraag in hoeverre het model van rentmeesterschap bijbels onderbouwd kan worden, aan de hand van twee verschillende contexten: hedendaags en bijbels-historisch.
  • Potential and Opportunities for the Development of Religious Tourism in Western Crete, Greece

    John Vourdoubas; Antonios Kalogerakis; Konstantinos Zormpas (Mohammad Nassar for Researches (MNFR), 2024-03-12)
    The tourism industry is a flourishing global industry with an increasing number of people travelling each year all over the world. Religion used to be since ancient times a motivation for people to travel, visit and pray in holy places and sites. Religion tourism is also growing nowadays while many people visit holy and sacred places for pilgrimage or for seeing religious monuments which are important for their faith. The island of Crete is a famous tourism destination in eastern Mediterranean basin with mild climate, plenty of sunshine, sandy beaches and many natural attractions visited by more than five million of tourists every year. Crete has also many religious, cultural and historical monuments established during the past twenty centuries from different civilizations which are attractive to visitors. The possibility of developing religious tourism in western Crete has been investigated and its impacts on the local stakeholders have been identified. The existing infrastructure in the island favors the development of religious tourism while the local policies support it. The Orthodox Christianity recognizes the links between religion, society and ecology and the development of religious tourism should be combined with ecological sensitization and/or social activities. The implemented SWOT and PESTEL analyses indicated that the potential for the development of religious tourism in western Crete is high resulting to many socio-economic benefits to local stakeholders. The tourism product of the island, which is currently focused on the “sea and sun tourism”, will be differentiated and enriched with the development of cultural tourism. Our results could be useful to policy makers and to local stakeholders who wish to promote the religious tourism with simultaneous promotion of environmental sustainability in the island. 
  • The Contestation of Feminism and Religious Authority and Its Implication in Islamic Education

    Ai Fatimah Nur Fuad; Alif Rizky Ramadhan (Universitas Negeri Jakarta, 2023-07-01)
    Feminism and religious authority are two conceptual frameworks that have been subjects of discussion in the field of Islamic education. Both concepts are an ongoing contestation due to difference of perspectives and practices within Muslim community. Feminism in one hand is a movement that advocates gender equity and criticizes the marginalization of women in society. It often questions the culture of patriarchy that limit women’s agency. On the other hand, religious authority is often described as male-dominated domain. This paper aims to elaborate how feminism challenges traditional and conservative religious authority and to what extent its implications towards Islamic education? These questions are answered through a library-based qualitative method. The finding shows that feminism challenges the dominance of male religious authority. Feminism emphasizes the need for Islamic educational institutions to implement egalitarian principles of Islam that place female and male equally and to promote women’s religious role, leadership and religious authority. This will contribute to rebuild a more egalitarian Islamic education that empower women and shape a more inclusive Muslim society.
  • Exploring The Multifaceted Dimensions of Manhood in Biblical Narratives Using King David’s Life

    Nozipho Princess S. Dlodlo; Hundzukani P. Khosa Nkatini (Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja, 2023-12-01)
    The episode from the life of King David in this article served as a case study as we tried to explore the link between men and violence in contemporary society. In restating the hypothesis, we posit that men in our daily society sometimes reference Christian Biblical characters in their process of understanding their masculinity construction process and masculine traits. If this is the case, we have found that Christian men continue to hide under the shadow of emulating Biblical male characters in their navigation of this transition process and sustaining violent masculinity traits. We took cognizance of how some men move seamlessly between culture and faith as and when the transition process favors them. We used the narrative analysis method to examine this research. This article is premised on other factors, such as David being known in the community as the boy who killed a giant, as this makes it quick for people in the community and the church to remember him. This article explored the question of whether there were no better Biblical models for men to follow that could offer a wholesome insight into the construction of masculinity. While David was a man after God’s heart, he exuded violence, and his household continued to use power to abuse those within the household.
  • Ethical and methodological challenges conducting participative research with transgender and gender-diverse young people: a systematic review

    Servais, Julie; Vanhoutte, Bram; Maddy, Herby; Godin, Isabelle (2024-03-01)
    Introduction: Research with transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) young people is essential to understand their experiences and to be able to propose, implement and adapt ‘services’ in the broadest sense to meet their needs. However, research outside clinical settings on current experiences and needs of youth under the age of 18 is limited which hinders the development of knowledge on TGD, as well as the development of research informed support practices. Acquiring parental consent for participatory research may present ethical and logistical difficulties, as it could jeopardize the safety, well-being, or confidentiality of adolescent participants. This creates a tension between the adolescent’s right to autonomy, privacy, freedom, and all aspects related to the consent of the underage on the one hand, and the parents’ right to protect their child on the other hand. This review aims to identify the methodological and ethical challenges associated with participatory research with transgender and gender-diverse young people.Methods: We systematically searched bibliometric databases for studies published between 2006 and 2022 and included 4 main conceptual groups: transgender and gender non-conforming, adolescence, qualitative research (including participatory research) and consent. This review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022368360) in November 2022.Results: Of the 3,794 articles initially identified, 291 met the inclusion criteria and 48 were examined. The selected studies were analyzed in the light of four main ethical tensions: involving parents or a trusted person in the consent gathering process, ensuring the protection and safety of young people while respecting confidentiality, and ensuring that spaces are created for transgender and gender-diverse young people to express themselves freely as part of an empowering research process. At the same time, several methodological challenges concerning public and stakeholder participation and recruitment, data collection and analysis as well as research integrity emerged from the selected studies.Conclusion & implications: The existing literature of participatory research involving young transgender and gender-diverse individuals underscores the intricate and conflicting aspects, especially concerning power dynamics, empowerment, and the researcher’s role. The relevance of these findings extends across various legal frameworks and is applicable to multiple contexts and countries.
  • Ethical and methodological challenges conducting participative research with transgender and gender-diverse young people: a systematic review

    Servais, Julie; Vanhoutte, Bram; Maddy, Herby; Godin, Isabelle (2024-03-01)
    Introduction: Research with transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) young people is essential to understand their experiences and to be able to propose, implement and adapt ‘services’ in the broadest sense to meet their needs. However, research outside clinical settings on current experiences and needs of youth under the age of 18 is limited which hinders the development of knowledge on TGD, as well as the development of research informed support practices. Acquiring parental consent for participatory research may present ethical and logistical difficulties, as it could jeopardize the safety, well-being, or confidentiality of adolescent participants. This creates a tension between the adolescent’s right to autonomy, privacy, freedom, and all aspects related to the consent of the underage on the one hand, and the parents’ right to protect their child on the other hand. This review aims to identify the methodological and ethical challenges associated with participatory research with transgender and gender-diverse young people. Methods: We systematically searched bibliometric databases for studies published between 2006 and 2022 and included 4 main conceptual groups: transgender and gender non-conforming, adolescence, qualitative research (including participatory research) and consent. This review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022368360) in November 2022. Results: Of the 3,794 articles initially identified, 291 met the inclusion criteria and 48 were examined. The selected studies were analyzed in the light of four main ethical tensions: involving parents or a trusted person in the consent gathering process, ensuring the protection and safety of young people while respecting confidentiality, and ensuring that spaces are created for transgender and gender-diverse young people to express themselves freely as part of an empowering research process. At the same time, several methodological challenges concerning public and stakeholder participation and recruitment, data collection and analysis as well as research integrity emerged from the selected studies. Conclusion & implications: The existing literature of participatory research involving young transgender and gender-diverse individuals underscores the intricate and conflicting aspects, especially concerning power dynamics, empowerment, and the researcher’s role. The relevance of these findings extends across various legal frameworks and is applicable to multiple contexts and countries
  • Confronting Barriers to the Courtroom for Animal Advocates: Linking Cultural and Legal Transitions

    Bryant, Taimie; Chaudhuri, Una; Jamieson, Dale; Moore, Laura Ireland; Wolfson, David J. (Lewis & Clark Law School Digital Commons, 2006-01-01)
    Panelists: Taimie Bryant, Una Chaudhuri, and Dale Jamieson Moderators: Laura Ireland Moore and David J. Wolfson In this discussion, panelists explore the many viewpoints society holds with respect to nonhuman animals. The discussion broadly covers ethics and what constitutes ethical behavior in this regard. The question dealt with is, largely, what is the appropriate ethical model to use when arguing that animals deserve better treatment and expanded rights? Unlike parallel movements for human civil rights or women’s equality, the animal rights movement has much greater hurdles to overcome when it comes to arguing that animals deserve equal treatment under the law. In an attempt to address this question, the dialogue touches upon many areas of human thought. The panelists take on diverse fields such as philosophy, science, anthropology, environmentalism, and feminism and use them to understand the past and present state of animal law. The analytical tools of these several disciplines are also applied to animal law in an attempt to develop a better model for the future.
  • Razones del feminismo frente a la arrogancia de la razón dominante

    López Sáenz, María del Carmen (2019)
    Starting from the work of Vicent Martínez in which he explains what he understands by "practical rationality" in the framework of his philosophical studies for peace -also for peace between genders-, I rethink my own contributions to the interaction between phenomenology and feminism, particularly the link of the phenomenological critique of objectivism and the unmasking of patriarchal reason in order to demonstrate that the non-indifferent recognition of plurality is not at odds with the autonomy and universality of reason, but exclusively with the instrumental reason which dominates until the 21st century. I consider this dominating reason from Husserl's diagnosis of the crisis of the sciences as well as from the criticism to Modernity undertaken by the Frankfurt School. I will pay attention on the third generation of this School as well as on the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty in order to reclaim an enlarged reason which not only has epistemological implications, but existential. This reason can even help overcome the dualisms that have arisen within feminism. Feminism is a tradition of thought that, in dialogue with phenomenology, can attain a philosophical radicalization while phenomenology can take root in the feminist movement and with it, in the self-responsibility of humanity.
  • The Affective Turn in Animal Ethics

    Ralph R Acampora (LED Edizioni Universitarie, 2024-03-01)
    ABSTRACT This article argues that rationalism no longer rules the field of animal ethics – an “affective turn” has occurred in a significant space of the field. The article first looks at exemplary rationalists for contrast, and then moves on to survey several leading affective theories: Donovan’s feminist care ethic, Acampora’s corporal compassion, Gruen’s entangled empathy, and Aaltola’s varieties of empathy. Aaltola’s criticisms of Acampora are reviewed and rebutted. Finally, the conclusion indicates what is positive about the contributions of affective theory to animal ethics.
  • El honor, el fraude y las profesiones sanitarias en la Europa del siglo XIX

    Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psiquiatría; Martykánová, Darina; Núñez García, Víctor Manuel (Universidad de Granada, 2024-02-29)
    La esperanza y la confianza siempre han guiado a los pacientes —y a otros actores históricos, como las organizaciones benéficas, los filántropos, los capitanes de navío, los mandos militares, los ayuntamientos o los gobiernos— a la hora de buscar los servicios de los profesionales del arte de curar. Sin embargo, cómo generar esperanza y cómo despertar confianza han sido cuestiones cuyas respuestas han ido variando radicalmente a lo largo de la historia…
  • The H. C. Morrison Case : A Statement Of Facts, An Investigation Of The Law

    Arnold, W. E. (ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange, 2024-01-01)
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  • United Methodist Doctrine After Disaffiliation: Learning to Teach Our Teaching

    Lancaster, Sarah H. (The Methodist Review, Inc., 2024-03-11)
    In Methodist Review 12 (2020), William B. Lawrence presented “A Question of Doctrine: Whither The United Methodist Church?” This article returns to the question posed by Lawrence to consider what The United Methodist Church intended by its statements in the Book of Discipline about doctrine. Earlier reflection intended for theological and doctrinal renewal may continue to serve as a guide for how to think about doctrine as the church goes forward after disaffiliation. The article looks at how doctrine may be both normative and formative, giving special attention to the Social Principles.
  • Religion and poverty alleviation in South Africa

    Mathias Yuvan Shunmugam (AOSIS, 2024-02-01)
    South Africa, like all nations, faces several societal ills. In recent years, poverty has seen an increase in its prevalence rates – gaining attention from local, national, and international institutions. Poverty as a global phenomenon has existed for centuries and is predicted to continue for the foreseeable future. Amid this gloomy prediction, religion offers a beacon of hope. Religious communities provide a sense of comfort, security, and hope for a better future. However, they are also institutions capable of great social change and influence. Considering South Africa’s diverse and large religious community, the question of how religious communities can support poverty alleviation efforts and curb the growth of poverty becomes important, necessary, and relevant to the existing discourse on multilateral collaboration towards poverty alleviation. Contribution: This article contributes to understanding different religious views on poverty towards understanding the importance of the religious community and interfaith dialogue and collaboration in addressing the growth of poverty in South Africa.
  • The Jewish Theme in Theophanes the Confessor’s Testimony on the Prophet Muḥammad

    Piotrków Academy in Piotrków Trybunalski; blazejcecota@wp.pl; Cecota, Błażej (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-03-06)
    Theophanes’ account regarding the rise of Islam and the history of the Prophet Muḥammad appears to be the most detailed and precise one that can be found in Byzantine historiography. The Confessor’s aim was to reproduce as many details about Muḥammad’s life as possible. Since his focus was not on religious ideas, but on key events surrounding the rise of the new religion, his account is not predominantly concerned with discussing Islam’s ideology. However, this does not allow us to regard it as in any way objective. Some of the views it contains were included with the clear goal of discrediting Islam as a religion that rivalled Christianity. This, for example, can be said of Theophanes’ remarks about the relationship between Muḥammad and the Jews. In this article, I focus on this aspect of Theophanes’ account, discussing it in the context of the long-running (the last several decades) scholarly debates regarding Jewish-Muslim relations.
  • Inter-Religious Social Prejudice among Indonesian Muslim Students

    Nashori, Fuad; Nurjannah, Nurjannah; Diana, Raden Rachmy; Faraz, Faraz; Khairunnisa, Nadea Zulfa; Muwaga, Musa (Program Studi Ilmu Agama Islam Program Magister, Universitas Islam Indonesia, 2024-02-29)
    Indonesia is a nation marked by extensive diversity encompassing a myriad of languages, ethnicities, and religious affiliations. While some studies support the positive implications associated with this diversity, others argue that it harbors the potential for social discord, particularly within distinct religious communities. This research aims to scrutinize the dynamics of mature religious sentiment and Islamic knowledge concerning Muslim-Christian relations, specifically exploring their impact on social prejudice among Muslim students, who constitute the majority and hold prejudicial views towards Christians. The investigation was conducted among Muslim students aged 18-22 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (N = 254). Employing the structural equation model (SEM) technique for analysis, the findings reveal that mature religious sentiment exerts a direct influence on social prejudice, both independently and mediated through the agreeableness trait. Additionally, Islamic knowledge pertaining to the Muslim-Christian relationship directly influences social prejudice without the intermediary of agreeableness.
  • Interreligious Dialogues in Switzerland

    Schmid, Hansjörg (2020)
    Due to the federal structure of Switzerland, interreligious activities are also strongly influenced by cantonal contexts. Based on published material as well as on semi-directive interviews with key protagonists, the article analyses three cases of interreligious dialogue – two cantonal cases from the German-, or respectively French-speaking part of the country and the more general case of a women’s network. In the cantonal cases, interreligious dialogue is strongly linked to state-religion relation and serves as a tool for inclusion of new religious communities and for social cohesion. In each of the two cases, there are specific forms and organisational structures of dialogue. In contrast to these examples, the third case is more independent of political interests and often adopts a critical stance. Thus two types of interreligious discourse and relationship with the state can be identified which can also be seen as complementary: either a more critical voice keeping distance from power, or a collaboration with political structures strengthening the religious communities’ influence within the system.

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