scholarly journals POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE FORMATION OF THE ETHIOPIAN STATEHOOD: FROM THE EMPIRE THROUGH THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-83
Keyword(s):  
Study Author ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Socialist State ◽  
Politics And Religion

The article intends to present some of the most interesting facts of the development of religious traditions in Ethiopia, and religion influence on the politics and vise verse in the process of the Ethiopian statehood formation. Course of development of the Ethiopian Statehood was inextricably linked to significant and contradictory influence of different religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism, but Christianity above all. However, it is not only religion influences different sides of the country’s political life. From the Empire, later the People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987 to 1991), and present-day Federal Democratic Republic, religion has been often exploited for the state’s benefits. Thus, this influence was mutual, but not always mutually beneficial. Realizing the scale and significance of the designated topic of this study, author limits his research ambitions only by highlighting the most general trends in the interrelations of politics and religion within the conditionally allocated three historical stages. Firstly, from 4th century until 1974, or from building and strengthening the Ethiopian Empire since Christianity until the overthrow of the last emperor Haile Selassie I. Secondly, through the attempts to build the socialist state (1974 to 1991). And finally, through the Federate State (1991 – present days).

Separating Politics from Institutional Religion

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Diego Lucci ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Religious Toleration ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Roman Catholics

Nowadays, more than three centuries after John Locke’s affirmation of the separation between state and church, confessional systems of government are still widespread and, even in secular liberal democracies, politics and religion often intermingle. As a result, some ecclesiastical institutions play a significant role in political affairs, while minority groups and individuals having alternative worldviews, values, and lifestyles are frequently discriminated against. Locke’s theory of religious toleration undeniably has some shortcomings, such as the exclusion of Roman Catholics and atheists from toleration and an emphasis on organized religion in A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689). However, Locke’s theory of toleration, which presents a Christian’s defense of the civil rights of those who have different religious opinions, still provides powerful arguments for the oft-neglected separation of politics from institutional religion, thereby urging us to leave theological dogmas and ecclesiastical authorities out of political life.

scholarly journals Social rights on hindu religion and untouchability towards politics and law

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Kanal Guvaherath ◽  
Eveli Mainatikau ◽  
Ell Casanne
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Hindu Religion ◽  
The People ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Act ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Politics And Law

Is it right or entrenched? The people of India have to make India a democratic republic and have freedom, power, and opportunity injustice, society, economy, politics, and religion The fraternity is to be fulfilled in order to achieve equality and the dignity of the individual and the integrity of the country and society. Baba Saheb Ambedkar aptly says that No matter how good a political act is a political law will certainly become bad if the rulers are bad. The constitution can be good if it is good for a political act.  The Indian nation has eight thousand castes. How can the fraternity and equality come into existence if a few people have tendency of superiority with the frenzied religion? It is not possible indifference shown in terms of birth, by the birth and the status quo.

scholarly journals The Early Japanese and their Religio-cultural Life: A Historical Overview

2016 ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Keyword(s):  
Major Elements ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Intellectual Life ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The People ◽  
Folk Religions ◽  
Confucian Thought

Japanese Religion, in general, refers to the multiplicity of religions in Japan. Different religious traditions coexist in Japan for centuries after centuries without breaking interreligious harmony among them. The present work especially focuses the Traditional Japanese Religions as major elements of culture that are basically a mixture of folk religions, early Shinto, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. Shinto has been the indigenous tradition for over two thousand years until it was synthesized with foreign elements. Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism have profoundly influenced the spiritual and socio-political life of the Japanese since 6th century AD. These religious traditions have long met, interacted and influenced each other and together formed the religious and cultural life of the Japanese people. Nonetheless, though the religious and intellectual life of the court was dominated by Buddhist and Confucian thought during the seventh and eighth centuries, Shinto remained the religion of the people and also became almost a part of the political machinery.Philosophy and Progress, Vol#55-56; No#1-2; Jan-Dec 2014

scholarly journals Prawa podstawowe w systemie konstytucyjnym Niemieckiej Republiki Demokratycznej

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-329
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Malicka
Keyword(s):  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Collective Rights ◽  
Socialist State ◽  
Real Socialism ◽  
Constitutional System

The German Democratic Republic, as a state of real socialism, guaranteed its citizens, in addition to classical individual fundamental rights, also collective rights. Their use was made conditional, depending on the fulfilment of obligations specified in the Constitution. In the GDR, there were no independent bodies and mechanisms to protect the rights of citizens. Constitutional system of fundamental rights was primarily serving the good of the community and the development of a modern socialist state.

Warfare over Realism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Anton Cramer
Keyword(s):  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Socialist State ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
East German ◽  
Artistic Director

This chapter describes the development of East German dance after the proclamation of national independence in 1949. This development was constructed within a larger debate about realism and the role of art-making in a socialist state. The importance of these questions inspired leading authors to attempt to define the meaning of realism in dance over a period of twenty years. These ideologies evolved along with the broader political and economic situation in the German Democratic Republic. The chapter focuses on the significant 1966 founding of the Tanztheater company at East Berlin's Komische Oper and the role played by its artistic director and chief choreographer, Tom Schilling. The unstable legacy of his work reveals that the question of how to create dances that are both politically effective as well as successful works of art has yet to be resolved.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY OF ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-217
Author(s):  
Vladimir O. Koklikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Islamic Revolution ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Political Position ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Ayatollah Khomeini

The paper analyzes the political and religious activities of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the most famous politicians of modern Iran. His political and religious activities from youth to the end of his life are subject of the study. In particular, three periods of hislife are of interest here: his acquaintance with Ayatollah Khomeini and studying, religious activity before the Islamic revolution, and religious activity after the Islamic revolution. It is clear that Rafsanjani paid much attention to the study of the Quran and Islamic law, and after the Islamic revolution, he sought to promote religious ideas and Islamic legal regulations among Iranians. At the same time, after the revolution, Rafsanjani became very actively involved in the political life of Iran, occupying key positions in the main government bodies, including the presidency, as a result of what his own religious activity decreased significantly, although he nonetheless sought to combine politics and religion. The paper states that Rafsanjani took a moderate and pragmatic political position and changed his views depending on the circumstances in which the country found itself.

scholarly journals DIALECTICS OF POLITICS AND RELIGION IN INDONESIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Okrisal Eka Putra ◽  
Mifedwil Jandra
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Political Life ◽  
New Order ◽  
Physical Strain ◽  
Political Group ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Muslim Politics

This study describes the relationship between religion and social life with politics as one aspect. The issue is the imbalance that occurs when Muslims as majority in Indonesia is not the sole determinant of political life journey., Parti-Islam party representing the political aspirations of Muslims never be a winner in every election. At best, they can only act as a "disturbing" factor in the election of the president and vice president. The question is what happens to Muslims in Indonesia so that every democratic process as elections only be used by those who want to take power in this country. This research is qualitative descriptive. Data retrieved through documentation and interviews. Later, the data were analyzed with descriptive analysis. The unit of analysis in social institutions in this regard is the religious and political parties. Data search is through books, journals and writings of Islamic political thinkers. urthermore, interpretation of data and grouping of data is done in accordance with the type of problem and then analyzed through an explanation to determine the variables. This research can enrich 'the wealth of thought in politics and in the fight for the aspirations of Muslims in civic life as well as in the preparation of an appropriate strategy to no longer be deceived by their political opponents. Muslims understanding of strength, verses and hadith are always multi-interpretative power that spawned a variety of comprehension and crystallize into a solid group. Differences occur is difficult to put together in one political group. Primordial existence more prominent than thinking about the progress of Muslims in the life of state and society. Color portrait of Muslim politics, we look long dialectic between propaganda and politics of the New Order, which is a long fight between Muslims and the government's birth that cause antipathy to each policy. It's realizing the physical strain that produced casualties on both sides. Keywords: political relations, government, Muslims

Geographies of Limited Statehood

2018 ◽  
pp. 166-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt Korf ◽  
Timothy Raeymaekers ◽  
Conrad Schetter ◽  
Michael J. Watts
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Spatial Grammar ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Insight Into

Starting from the presupposition that areas of limited statehood (ALS) are not ungoverned, but ‘differently’ governed, this chapter proposes a spatial grammar that analyses authority and governance as a socio-spatial relationship. This spatial grammar distinguishes four types of dynamic socio-spatial relations—territory, place, scale, and network—and enables us to spatially analyse (a) how political authority is contested, claimed, upheld, and disrupted; (b) how political life is negotiated, regulated, and practised; and (c) how these practices and their effects are spatially situated. We apply this spatial grammar to four case studies, each providing insight into one type of socio-spatial relations. These cases from Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), explain how the negotiation, contestation, and disruption of political authority is spatially situated and embedded in ALS. A spatial grammar focuses on the shifting, overlapping, and contradictory practices of claiming political and regulatory power.

Evacuation to a Cold Country: Child Refugees from the Greek Civil War in the German Democratic Republic, 1949–1989*

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 675-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Troebst
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Small Contribution ◽  
Socialist State ◽  
The People ◽  
Thirtieth Anniversary ◽  
Country Today ◽  
Better Than

We Greek political emigres celebrate the thirtieth historical anniversary of the GDR as our own holiday since we are vitally connected to this state from its first steps onwards. We feel better than any other foreigner the great joy and the pride of the people of the GDR since, from the foundation of its socialist state, we are marching side by side and since then we by way of our small contribution feel as co-constructors of this grand act. The thirtieth anniversary of the GDR coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of our political emigration to this hospitable country. Today we all remember the first years after our arrival and our caring reception in the GDR. (Speech of the day at the central celebration of the Greek political emigres in the GDR devoted to the thirtieth anniversary of the GDR and the thirtieth anniversary of the political emigration, Dresden, 29 September 1979).

scholarly journals The Role of Women in the Political Discourse of Muslim Countries

Islamovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Gadzhimuradova Gyulnara Ilyasbekovna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The One

The article is devoted to the problem of gender equality in Tunisia, Lebanon and Turkey. These countries belong to the Arab-Muslim world, where religious traditions and Sharia law are strong. The authors show what path these countries have taken in addressing gender equality is-sues and outline the role of women themselves in addressing the question of their rights. The article shows the results of women's struggle for their rights and the ways women's right to equality are implemented in each country. The authors emphasize the importance of women's participation in the social and political life of countries. They use the examples of Tunisia, Leb-anon and Turkey that, on the one hand, are part of the Muslim world, and, on the other hand, adhere to secular principles of government at the legislative level. The article shows that tradi-tions are still strong in these countries, and religion is a powerful social and political factor that affects the current state of gender equality and hinders women's participation in politics at dif-ferent levels of government. The study attempts to demonstrate the role governments and vari-ous Islamic movements play in shaping public policy towards women and their rights, and the role of women themselves in the society and in addressing gender equality issues.

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