Race and the study of religion: ’West’ and ‘East’, or White and non-White?
| Date: | 18 December 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
The Religion Factor post on 28 November 2013 – Religion and International Relations (IR) Theory -posed a challenge to IR scholars to be more self-reflexive in their understanding of religion and secularism. Such self-reflexive thought challenges dominant...
Humanity in Action: Religion, Human Rights and the Question of Neutrality
| Date: | 13 December 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
In today’s blog post,Brenda Bartelink reflects on aid in humanitarian emergency and disaster situations, drawing attention to how religion and human rights are lived out and practiced amidst the multiple moral frameworks that influence humanitarian...
The Neoliberalization of Youth Peacebuilding
| Date: | 12 December 2013 |
| Author: | Christoph Grüll |
As part of our series on human rights for Human Rights Week, in today’s post Erik Meinemainvestigates how the neoliberal context in which NGOs and peacebuilding organizations operate influence their capacity to protect and promote human rights through...
Religion and Human Rights: The challenges of universalism and cultural particularism
| Date: | 10 December 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Tuesday 10 December 2013 is World Human Rights Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly vote to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In recognition of this milestone, this week The Religion Factor features a...
A secular saint? The Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela
| Date: | 09 December 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
The inevitable moment of Nelson “Madiba” Mandela’s departure from this world came last Thursday evening, 5 December. Given that he had been so frail for some time, his death was not unexpected, yet that does not lessen the impact of his loss. As South...
Religion and International Relations Theory
| Date: | 28 November 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
On Tuesday 26 November 2013, NGIZ Noord and the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies in Groningen co-hosted an evening devoted to a discussion of dominant approaches to religion in the study...
Sinterklaas, Zwarte Piet and the Ethics of Public Debate
| Date: | 15 November 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Sinterklaas and his somewhat controversial helper Zwarte Piet arrive in the Netherlands tomorrow, marking the start of the festive season. In today’s post, Erik Meinema and Erin Wilson offer thoughts from both Dutch and non-Dutch perspectives on various...
Globalization, Religion and Humanity Beyond the Nation-State
| Date: | 05 November 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Recent tragic drownings on migration routes to both Europe and Australia highlight more than ever the paradoxes of globalization – more open borders when it comes to trade and finance, tighter restrictions when it comes to people; immense wealth, privilege...
Dr James Noyes and the Politics of Iconoclasm
| Date: | 16 October 2013 |
| Author: | Christoph Grüll |
On the 17th of November, Dr James Noyes visited the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain at the University of Groningen to give a lecture on his new book ‘Politics of Iconoclasm’, in which he examines the destruction of images of the sacred...
The Return of Religion in Contemporary Art
| Date: | 20 September 2013 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Religion has been out of fashion in many areas of public life, including the arts. However, this has not always been the case and indeed, with exhibitions such as Makoto Fujimura’s “The Four Holy Gospels” and Enrique Martinez Celaya’s exhibitions “The...