Harnessing Local Traditional Beliefs in Environmental Advocacy and Peacebuilding: FORB Interventions in Indonesia and Kenya
Date: | 07 March 2024 |
Author: | Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen |
Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB) interventions are geared to strengthen locally acknowledged traditional beliefs in environmental conservation and the development of holistic peacebuilding where knowledge and practice are co-created with indigenous...
Once upon a time, there was a princess and a priest...
Date: | 12 February 2024 |
Author: | Kim Knibbe |
Last Sunday, I went into the centre of the town of Maastricht with my family to celebrate Carnaval and watch the ‘Bonte Storm’ (the colourful storm, as big parade on Sunday is called). We walked slowly, often stopping to admire a group with particularly...
The space for bias in the assessment of converted and apostate asylum seekers
Date: | 22 January 2024 |
Author: | Hannelore Schouwstra |
Fearing persecution because of belief
Migration policy has long worked as the non-psychical border of a state, through which one is allowed access into a process of exclusion or inclusion (Fossum & Olsen, 2021). An asylum seeker has to receive the status...
Grammar as a Tool for Overcoming Inter-Religious Misunderstanding: A Philosophical Approach
Date: | 18 December 2023 |
Author: | Javad Taheri |
In the richly diverse context of multicultural societies, inter-religious understanding stands as a crucial pillar for societal harmony. Within this context, one might ask: What key factors contribute to the problems associated with inter-religious...
From Ethiopia’s Highlands to India’s Villages, How Faith Organizations Are Restoring the World’s Forests
Date: | 19 November 2023 |
Author: | Elisabet Aylwin, Peter Veit, Alberto Pallecchi and Carrick Reddin |
Forests once covered an estimated 40% of Ethiopia’s landscape. Today, only 2% of the country’s original forests remain intact, dotting the country with small pockets of green.
Playing with Religion: How videogames became the world’s biggest dealer in religion
Date: | 30 October 2023 |
Author: | Lars de Wildt |
Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in a videogame, than in a church, mosque or in a synagogue. This is especially startling when we realize that the demographics for non-religion are very similar to the demographics for people...
Is religion becoming cool again thanks to technology?
Date: | 25 September 2023 |
Author: | Zuzana Ľudviková |
One late afternoon, two girls around my age stopped me on the street. They asked if I believed in God and if they could tell me a short reading from the Bible. The next second, I was instructed to look into a mobile screen as one of the girls started...
The Age of Islamophobia
Date: | 09 August 2023 |
Author: | Aukje Hopmans |
The Netherlands often self-identifies as a tolerant country, being the first to allow homosexuals to get married. However, since 9/11, intolerance and discriminatory behavior towards Muslims, also called Islamophobia, has become more prominent in the West...
Op zoek naar zingeving: een persoonlijke reis naar betekenisvol werk
Date: | 28 July 2023 |
Author: | Sanne Koelewijn |
Time a Priori and Time a Posteriori: a clash between Farmers and the Dutch State in the Dutch Nitrogen Crisis
Date: | 19 June 2023 |
Author: | Tanja van Hummel |
Dutch farmers’ pressure groups advocate against 'calendar agriculture' (Hiddink, 2023). Calendar agriculture is implemented by the Dutch government to improve water quality, because controlling the planting of nitrogen-absorbing crops, also controls the...