Moving Beyond Reason vs Faith: Part Two
| Date: | 30 November 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Today’s post features the second instalment from Erin Wilson on the place of religion in the climate change debate.
Moving Beyond Reason vs Faith: Part One
| Date: | 29 November 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Following on from Lea Schulte-Droesch’s piece on the interconnections between culture and environment at the local level, Erin Wilson offers some reflections on the role of religion in the global climate change discussions and suggests that maybe we need to stop seeing science and faith as diametrically opposed.
On similarities and differences in cultural perceptions of the environment
| Date: | 27 November 2012 |
| Author: | Tim Swanger |
This week, The Religion Factor holds a theme week on Religion and Climate Change, to pay attention to the 18th conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar. Today’s contribution is by Lea Schulte-Droesch.
Religion, Conflict and Globalisation
| Date: | 26 November 2012 |
| Author: | Tyler Tully |
This week, The Religion Factor will offer some attention to the Master Programs in Religious Studies that are offered at our faculty. After Eemera Matthews’ reflection on the Concealed Knowledge programme, today Carmen Fleurke addresses the Religion,...
Change the language, change the story? Part Two
| Date: | 23 November 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
In today’s post, Erin Wilson continues her reflections on shifting the way we think and talk about conflict and peace. In part one, I outlined some ways in which contemporary discussion on peace and conflict analysis is affected and arguably limited by thinking in narrow either/or terms and the language we use to talk about conflict. Here I want to offer a few possibilities for rethinking some of these issues.
Change the language, change the story? Part One
| Date: | 22 November 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
Following last night’s ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Erin Wilson considers whether the chances for lasting peace might be increased by changing how we think and talk about conflict and peace.
Concealed Knowledge: Gnosticism, Esoterism, Mysticism
| Date: | 20 November 2012 |
| Author: | Tyler Tully |
This week, The Religion Factor will offer some attention to the Master Programs in Religious Studies that are offered at our faculty. The Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies in Groningen offers six unique Master’s degree programmes that concentrate on the dynamic interrelationship between religion and culture. Emeera Matthews, from the United States, is the first to share her experiences with us.
Where is the line between atheism and secularism?
| Date: | 13 November 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
In the lead-up to his seminar at the University of Groningen next week, guest contributor Terrell Carver from the University of Bristol explores the tensions between atheism, secularism and religious freedom. Until recently atheism seemed to be a relatively lonely, unprovocative and unorganised ‘private’ activity.
Gay Rights, the Devil and the End Times: Part Two
| Date: | 11 November 2012 |
| Author: | Tim Swanger |
In Part One of this post, Adriaan van Klinken described the Zambian case of how Ban Ki-moon’s recent call to recognise the human rights of homosexuals was interpreted according to a millennialist worldview, characteristic for Zambian Christianity. In this...
Gay Rights, the Devil and the End Times: Part One
| Date: | 09 November 2012 |
| Author: | Tim Swanger |
Homosexuality is one of the major political issues in our contemporary world. Especially African countries are getting known for their massive public and political rejection of same-sex relationships and “gay rights”. Frequently in the media we hear, for example, about new, stricter legislation on same-sex practices, about people arrested and jailed because of homosexuality-related offences and about the murder of gay-right activists.