scholarly journals John Hick’s Philosophy of Religious Pluralism in the Context of Traditional Yoruba Religion

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-104
Author(s):  
O N Olawoyin
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Ultimate Reality ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
The Real ◽  
Islam And Christianity ◽  
Supreme Being

This article is an interpretation of John Hick’s philosophy of religious pluralism in the context of traditional Yoruba religion. The ultimate goal of the article is pragmatic, viz. to provide a theoretical basis for peaceful coexistence among different religions in Nigeria. The methods adopted to achieve this objective are hermeneutical/analytical and comparative. Hick’s theory is interpreted and analysed before it is applied to traditional Yoruba theology. His concept of the Transcendent or Ultimate Reality is equated with the Yoruba concept of the Supreme Being or Olodumare. Both Hickean Ultimate Reality and Olodumare are conceived as transcategorial. However, Yoruba divinities are equated with Hick’s personae and impersonae of the Real: like the personae and impersonae of Hickean Ultimate Reality, the divinities are manifestations of Olodumare. This interpretative method can be used to account for differences in the conceptions of the Supreme Being among competing religions in Nigeria, especially Islam and Christianity in their conceptions of God. KeywordsJohn Hick, pluralism, Yoruba, Nigeria, Olodumare, divinities

scholarly journals Comparison and analysis of calculation of Bridge backwater based on Mike21 hydrodynamic model

2021 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 03043
Author(s):  
Jiang Chuan Liu ◽  
Zhu Qiu Hu ◽  
Mao Yuan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Efficiency Coefficient ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Comparison And Analysis ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Local Water

The construction of bridges and other structures across the river will affect the flood discharge capacity and local water potential of the river.Based on navier-Stokes equation of MIKE21FM hydrodynamic module, this paper carries out two-dimensional numerical simulation of part of Shixi River. By optimizing the grid near the piers to reduce the difference brought by the terrain generalized grid of the real river, it simulates and analyzes the length of the curve of yong-high and Yong-water under different flood frequencies,the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient and relative error analysis are used to verify the rationality of the results. The simulation results can accurately reflect the real changes of river water level, It provides a theoretical basis for flood impact analysis.

ARTICULATIONS OF BELONGING: THE POLITICS OF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN BAUCHI AND GOMBE STATES, NORTH-EAST NIGERIA

Africa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Higazi ◽  
Jimam Lar
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Collective Violence ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
North East ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Inclusive System ◽  
Islam And Christianity

ABSTRACTNorth-east Nigeria is an area of great ethno-linguistic diversity and religious pluralism, with Islam and Christianity both having a strong presence. The majority of the population is Muslim but there is also a substantial indigenous Christian minority, who form a majority in some local government areas. This paper draws on fieldwork by the authors in two north-eastern states, Bauchi and Gombe, to explore why, despite comparable religious demographics, there are marked differences in the levels of collective violence experienced in the two states. Although ethno-religious violence has increased across northern Nigeria since the 1980s, some areas have been more affected than others. To understand why this is, it is necessary to place ethnic and religious differences in their local historical and political contexts. This paper compares Gombe and Bauchi and argues that, although there are complaints of marginalization among different groups in both cases, Gombe State has developed a more inclusive system of government and local conflict management than Bauchi State. We explore what accounts for this difference in the articulation and management of belonging and whether the contrast is significant enough to explain differential levels of violence. In doing so, we consider how inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations have been shaped historically in the two cases and compare current forms of collective mobilization, considering different social and political spaces within each state. The paper also briefly outlines the impacts of the radical insurgent group Jama'at ahl al-sunna li'l-da'wa wa'l-jihad, nicknamed Boko Haram, in Bauchi and Gombe states.

scholarly journals Analysis of Consumption on the Goods and Services Market in the Cybernetic Model of Selected Country

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 01021
Author(s):  
Pavel Rousek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Consumption Function ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cybernetic Model ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Real ◽  
Goods And Services

The paper analyses the consumption on the goods and services market in the cybernetic model of Czechia. The theoretical basis is given by the consumption function in the short-term, the macroeconomic multiplier of the two-sector economy and the cybernetic model with the goods and services market. All the above-mentioned theory is applied to the real conditions of the selected country, which is the Czech Republic.

Before Hegel and Beyond Kant: Risto Saarinen's Recognition and Religion

2017 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-313
Author(s):  
Suzanne E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Moral Conflicts ◽  
Knee Jerk

When religious tolerance appears in the literature on ecumenicism, religious pluralism, and other modes of peaceful coexistence, it is frequently juxtaposed with the words “beyond,” “more than,” and “is not enough.” To be sure, it is generally conceded in these contexts, tolerance is an improvement on intolerance, and, relatively speaking, then, a fine thing, as far it goes. For many, however, it does not go very far. “Religious tolerance,” we are told, “however virtuous, does nothing to remove our ignorance of one another.” It is thought to lack strenuousness, and hence, to be unsuited for modern moral conflicts, which tend increasingly toward the polarity characteristic of war: “Tolerance, especially of the knee-jerk variety. . . works as long as people can slink off by themselves, avoiding contact, and never facing up to what they truly believe.” No one says, “I am fighting for [fill in the blank] with all the toleration I can muster.”

Religious Pluralism and the Divine: a Response to Paul Eddy

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hick
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Real ◽  
Incompatible Characteristics

In ‘Religious Pluralism and the Divine: Another Look at John Hick's Neo-Kantian Proposal’ [Religious Studies, xxx, 1994) Paul Eddy argues against the ultimate ineffability of the Real, and claims that a neo-Kantian epistemology leads to a Feuerbachian non-realism. In response I stress (a) the impossibility of attributing to the Real the range of incompatible characteristics of its phenomenal (i.e. experienceable) manifestations, so that it must lie beyond the range of our human religious categories, and (b) the distinction, which Eddy fails to observe, between grounds for believing in the Divine, and reasons for thinking that the Divine can be differently conceived and experienced.

On the rationality of conversion (Part II)

Africa ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Horton
Keyword(s):  
Main Argument ◽  
Good Account ◽  
Islam And Christianity ◽  
Supreme Being

IntroductionIn the first part of this paper I began by dealing with those of Fisher's objections to the Intellectualist Theory which seemed to me to require short, sharp, and destructive answers. I then went on to consider an objection which seemed to require a longer and more constructive answer. This was the objection that the Theory did not account adequately for variation in the concept and cult of the supreme being in settings uninfluenced by Islam and Christianity. I suggested that, although the evidence was probably insufficient for a decisive verdict, the Theory appeared to give a rather good account of religious dynamics in such settings. A demonstration of its plausibility in this context was, as I pointed out, an important preliminary to my main argument. For it was crucial to the credibility of the thesis that Islam and Christianity were more than anything else catalysts for changes that were ‘in the air’ anyway.

scholarly journals Do Judaism, Islam, and Christianity Worship the Same God? A Reformed Theological Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
PHILIP TACHIN
Keyword(s):  
The Real ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Islam And Christianity

Abstract: It Is Debated Whether Judaism, Christianity, And Islam Worship The Same God. That They Share The Same Roots In Abraham, The Father Of Faith, Makes Some, Including Christian Scholars, Conclude That They Worship The Same God. The Question Turns On The Real Substance Of Worship And Its Approval By God. Drawing From The Classical Reformed View, We Make A Logical And Exegetical Argument That Judaism, Christianity, And Islam May Have Shared The Same Broad Categories About Their Supreme Deities, But Conclude That They Actually Do Not Worship The Same God. That True Worship Of God Is Trinitarian And Christ Centered, Which Is Unique About Christianity, Makes It Impossible To Admit That The Three Religions Worship The Same God.

Populism vs. Demagogism: What if Anti-populists are the Real Demagogues?

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-244
Author(s):  
Francesco Melito
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
The Real ◽  
Negative Dimension ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Alternative Discourses

As the partisan meaning attached to ‘populism’ has provided this word with a negative stigma used to demonize alternative discourses, this article seeks to fill two gaps in the populist literature. First, it aims at retrieving the term ‘populism’ from a spurious understanding and reintroducing a forgotten word, which has become a synonym of populism and contributed to its negative aura: demagogy. Populism (bottom-up) and demagogy (top-down) are defined as opposite terms. While this distinction could be easily grasped from their etymological roots, it takes on a different dimension when seen from a hegemonic perspective. Second, elaborating on Gramsci and Laclau’s theory, it provides a theoretical basis for the study of anti-populism. Like populism, anti-populism results from a dislocatory experience as it is (negatively) defined by its populist antagonist. Besides considering its negative dimension, the article discusses the positivization of the anti-populist discourse, which resides in the (re)production of broken normality. Demagogism is a weapon in the hegemonic struggle between different discourses that aims to restore mainstream common sense (normality) against a counter-hegemonic project (populism). Finally, the article suggests that beyond anti-populism, demagogism, understood as a normalizing practice, could potentially be applied in the empirical analysis of neo-traditionalist discourses.

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