Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa

Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa

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  • Author: M. Christian Green
  • Publisher: African Sun Media
  • ISBN: 1928480578
  • Category : Nature
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 449

This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa’s many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.


Law, Religion and the Family in Africa

Law, Religion and the Family in Africa

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  • Author: M. Christian Green
  • Publisher: African Sun Media
  • ISBN: 1991201567
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 13

The family is a crucial site for the interaction of law and religion the world over, including Africa. In many African societies, the family is governed by a range of sources of law, including civil, constitutional, customary and religious law. International law and human rights principles have been domesticated into African legal systems, particularly to protect the rights of women and children. Religious rites and rituals govern sexuality, marriage, divorce, child-rearing, inheritance, intergenerational relations and more in Christianity, Islam and indigenous African custom. This book examines the African family with attention to tradition and change, comparative law, the relation of parents and children to the state, indigenous religion and customary law, child marriage and child labour and migration, diaspora and displacement.


Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa

Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa

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  • Author: M. Christian Green
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
  • ISBN: 1928314597
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 460

A shared interest of law and religion is the advancement of human flourishing, yet there is no common understanding of what it means for humans to flourish and the means by which to attain a flourishing life. The concept of human flourishing is especially important for Africa, where community and national development compete with forces of conflict and scarce resources. In the broadest sense, the concept of human flourishing focuses our attention on having a comprehensively good or worthwhile life, but various religious and legal traditions suggest different norms for measuring the quality of life and designing the institutional structures that could best facilitate and preserve it.


Law and Religion in Africa

Law and Religion in Africa

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  • Author: Pieter Coertzen
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
  • ISBN: 1919985638
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 412

In our time the study of law and religion is emerging as a wide-ranging and vital academic discipline, with increasingly urgent implications for society at large. Lying at the intersection of a variety of other disciplines ? law, theology, religious studies, political science, sociology and anthropology, to name only the most obvious ? the field of law and religion is generating a burgeoning volume of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research and study. The current volume is proof of this. The discussion of the relationship between law and religion, as seen from a variety of perspectives in Africa, underscores the critical importance of the issues involved in the everyday life of all citizens. It is accordingly vital for governments to take note of the scholarly results that are produced. We hope that this volume will contribute to this aim.


Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa

Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa

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  • Author: Loreen Maseno
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3031503929
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 343


Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa

Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa

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  • Author: M. Christian Green
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
  • ISBN: 1928314589
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 435

A shared interest of law and religion is the advancement of human flourishing, yet there is no common understanding of what it means for humans to flourish and the means by which to attain a flourishing life. The concept of human flourishing is especially important for Africa, where community and national development compete with forces of conflict and scarce resources. In the broadest sense, the concept of human flourishing focuses our attention on having a comprehensively good or worthwhile life, but various religious and legal traditions suggest different norms for measuring the quality of life and designing the institutional structures that could best facilitate and preserve it.


African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change

African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change

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  • Author: Ezra Chitando
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000587622
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 194

This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith must act in order to address the challenge of climate change. Despite the fact that Africa has contributed relatively little to historic carbon emissions, the continent will be affected disproportionally by the increasing impact of anthropogenic climate change. Contributors to this book provide a range of rich case studies to investigate how religious traditions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and indigenous faiths influence the worldviews and actions of their adherents. The chapters also interrogate how the moral authority and leadership provided by religion can be used to respond and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. Topics covered include risk reduction and resilience, youth movements, indigenous knowledge systems, environmental degradation, gender perspectives, ecological theories, and climate change financing. This book will be of interest to scholars in diverse fields, including religious studies, sociology, political science, climate change and environmental humanities. It may also benefit practitioners involved in solving community challenges related to climate change. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license


Managing the Environmental Crisis in Ghana

Managing the Environmental Crisis in Ghana

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  • Author: Kwasi Nyamekye
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 144387132X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 210

Due to the strong inroads that Western scientism and Western Christianity have made in Africa as a result of colonialism, post-colonial African governments have tended to rely solely on Western scientific conservation epistemologies and models to the neglect of those of the Indigenous African peoples in addressing their environmental problems. However, there is enough evidence that neither modern (scientific) nor indigenous epistemologies and modes of addressing current ecological problems ar...


Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Mission

Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Mission

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  • Author: Seblewengel Daniel
  • Publisher: African Sun Media
  • ISBN: 1991201303
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 200

The volume is significant in bringing together voices of African women theologians and their allies on the urgent topic of ecology. First, it decisively intervenes into scholarly discourses on ecofeminism by highlighting the reflections of African women scholars and African women as subjects. This function of the volume is very important both at local and global levels. Second, it contributes to contextualizing of scriptural interpretation around the issue of ecology. Biblical reflection occurs throughout the volume and is put into dialogue with African traditions, with ecofeminism, with Africa-based mission projects, and with the current crisis of sustainability and African women’s roles in protecting the earth. Third, the volume includes several concrete case studies based on interviews and grassroots qualitative research, as well as especially original articles that integrate biblical exegesis of Genesis with reflections on patriarchal legal systems in Botswana, and an original take on “male headship” in relation to ecofeminism. – Professor Dana L. Robert, Boston University, USA


Religion, Law and Security in Africa

Religion, Law and Security in Africa

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  • Author: M Christian Green
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
  • ISBN: 1928314422
  • Category : Law
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 426

Security is a key topic of our time. But how do we understand it? Do law and religion take different views of it? In this fifth volume in the Law and Religion in Africa series, radicalisation, terrorism, blasphemy, hate speech, religious freedom and just war theories rub shoulders with issues of witchcraft, female genital mutilation circumcision, child marriage, displaced communities and additional issues besides. This unique collection of topics is both challenging and inspiring, providing illumination in troubled times, and forming a sound foundation for future scholarship.