Pub Date : 2021-04-12DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1832360
Jan Alam
Abstract Religious minorities are victims of poverty in many parts of the globe. They are subject to discrimination and marginalization which hamper their economic development. The purpose of this research study is to explore those factors that contribute to their poverty and low socioeconomic status in District Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. The study was qualitative, based on the application of the grounded-theory method for data collection and analysis. The researcher interviewed a diverse group of respondents by using a purposive sampling technique: a total of 26 respondents were interviewed, which included 13 Christians, 7 Hindus, and 6 Sikhs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted until the saturation point of data was attained. The fundamental elements behind the poor economic position of the Participants were explored and summed up under one thematic code, namely socio-economic impediments, which included monopoly in job selection, joblessness, nature of jobs, lack of respect, workplace bullying, work hazards, exclusion in corporate sectors and lack of promotion. All the identified categories were arranged in a diagrammatic model, which provides an easier understanding of the economic position of religious minorities and developing their status both at national as well as global level.
{"title":"Religious Minorities as Victims of Poverty: Exploring the Socio-Economic Impediments behind Their Poor Economic Status in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan","authors":"Jan Alam","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1832360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1832360","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Religious minorities are victims of poverty in many parts of the globe. They are subject to discrimination and marginalization which hamper their economic development. The purpose of this research study is to explore those factors that contribute to their poverty and low socioeconomic status in District Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. The study was qualitative, based on the application of the grounded-theory method for data collection and analysis. The researcher interviewed a diverse group of respondents by using a purposive sampling technique: a total of 26 respondents were interviewed, which included 13 Christians, 7 Hindus, and 6 Sikhs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted until the saturation point of data was attained. The fundamental elements behind the poor economic position of the Participants were explored and summed up under one thematic code, namely socio-economic impediments, which included monopoly in job selection, joblessness, nature of jobs, lack of respect, workplace bullying, work hazards, exclusion in corporate sectors and lack of promotion. All the identified categories were arranged in a diagrammatic model, which provides an easier understanding of the economic position of religious minorities and developing their status both at national as well as global level.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1832360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48077010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1864884
R. Gorban
Abstract This article is an in-depth study of the prophetic philosophy of Berdyaev as it related to the threat of totalitarianism as a response to the current global pandemic. The author considers Berdyaev’s conceptual interpretation of prophetic philosophy as a special way of philosophical and religious understanding of the world and humanty, based on the religious studies and philosophy of art for the first time. The defining theoretical and methodological provisions of this study are the conceptual orientation toward the complementarity of ideographic and biographical methods, specific to humanitarian knowledge, which made it possible to reveal the genesis of the formation of the theoretical foundations of Berdyaev’s concept of prophetic philosophy and implementation of these principles in Berdyaev’s creative thinking.
{"title":"Prophetic Philosophy of Mykola Berdyaev as the Art of Understanding in the Context of Global Crisis","authors":"R. Gorban","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1864884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1864884","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article is an in-depth study of the prophetic philosophy of Berdyaev as it related to the threat of totalitarianism as a response to the current global pandemic. The author considers Berdyaev’s conceptual interpretation of prophetic philosophy as a special way of philosophical and religious understanding of the world and humanty, based on the religious studies and philosophy of art for the first time. The defining theoretical and methodological provisions of this study are the conceptual orientation toward the complementarity of ideographic and biographical methods, specific to humanitarian knowledge, which made it possible to reveal the genesis of the formation of the theoretical foundations of Berdyaev’s concept of prophetic philosophy and implementation of these principles in Berdyaev’s creative thinking.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1864884","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48228256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-28DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1868241
E. I. Ukpebor
Abstract Multiplicity defines the features of the the Nigerian State. This paper examines the role of Islam in the training of Catholic priests in Nigeria. The work employs the historical, analytical and evaluative methods to examine the transformative stages of Islam from its inception and the challenges its poses to the Christian evangelical mission in Nigeria. The findings reveal that Islam, which arrived through commercial activities, has become a powerful influence in Nigerian society. It exercises a dynamic influence on the spiritual formation of Catholic priests and provides strategies for their mission in the country. The paper recommends a commitment to interreligious dialogue by the Catholic and cooperation with Islamic citizens. This commitment and cooperation should be embedded in the curriculum of Nigeria’s Catholic seminaries.
{"title":"The Importance of Islamic Studies for the Formation of the Catholic Priesthood in Nigeria","authors":"E. I. Ukpebor","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1868241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1868241","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Multiplicity defines the features of the the Nigerian State. This paper examines the role of Islam in the training of Catholic priests in Nigeria. The work employs the historical, analytical and evaluative methods to examine the transformative stages of Islam from its inception and the challenges its poses to the Christian evangelical mission in Nigeria. The findings reveal that Islam, which arrived through commercial activities, has become a powerful influence in Nigerian society. It exercises a dynamic influence on the spiritual formation of Catholic priests and provides strategies for their mission in the country. The paper recommends a commitment to interreligious dialogue by the Catholic and cooperation with Islamic citizens. This commitment and cooperation should be embedded in the curriculum of Nigeria’s Catholic seminaries.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1868241","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44944757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1816630
B. McGowan
Abstract Written in the 1820s, William Cobbett's book, A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, defended medieval Catholicism primarily to criticize his contemporaries’ treatment of the poor. A few decades later, members of the Oxford Movement would also defend medieval English Catholicism. The results of that revaluation of a Catholic past led some adherents of the movement to convert to Roman Catholicism, others to transform part of the English State Church into something that closely resembled Roman Catholicism and that was known as Anglo-Catholicism. A lesser known participant of the Oxford Movement, Robert Biddulph Phillipps, owned a copy of Cobbett’s History and wrote extensively within the covers and pages of his copy of the book. This article traces the trajectory of the Phillipps’s life, the history of the volume’s ownership, and the views Phillipps expressed about Cobbett within its covers.
{"title":"Biddulph Phillipps Reads William Cobbett or 19th Century Catholic Convert Reads 19th Century Political Journalist and Follows His Advice and Endows Monasteries","authors":"B. McGowan","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1816630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1816630","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Written in the 1820s, William Cobbett's book, A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, defended medieval Catholicism primarily to criticize his contemporaries’ treatment of the poor. A few decades later, members of the Oxford Movement would also defend medieval English Catholicism. The results of that revaluation of a Catholic past led some adherents of the movement to convert to Roman Catholicism, others to transform part of the English State Church into something that closely resembled Roman Catholicism and that was known as Anglo-Catholicism. A lesser known participant of the Oxford Movement, Robert Biddulph Phillipps, owned a copy of Cobbett’s History and wrote extensively within the covers and pages of his copy of the book. This article traces the trajectory of the Phillipps’s life, the history of the volume’s ownership, and the views Phillipps expressed about Cobbett within its covers.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1816630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47235874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-21DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1832361
Teona Sukhiashvili
Abstract In Islam, the Qur’ān is viewed as the word of Allah. The Qur’an is not narrative nor is there a chronicler. Rather, Allah speaks in the first or third person. The Qur’ān consists generally of short themes, and the so-called “punishment chronicles” are among those which recur the most. The story of Musa (Moses in the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament) is repeated in different variations 122 times among the Qur’ān’s narratives. This article provides a plot-based chart of Musa’s narrative, which maps out the stories dedicated to different themes. This applies not only to the internal context of the Qu'rān, but also to the overall context of the general narrative of the Abrahamic religions. The article also draws parallels between episodes in the life of episodes of the Prophet Muhammad’s life and the story of Musa in the Qur’ān.
{"title":"Moses in the Qur’an","authors":"Teona Sukhiashvili","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1832361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1832361","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In Islam, the Qur’ān is viewed as the word of Allah. The Qur’an is not narrative nor is there a chronicler. Rather, Allah speaks in the first or third person. The Qur’ān consists generally of short themes, and the so-called “punishment chronicles” are among those which recur the most. The story of Musa (Moses in the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament) is repeated in different variations 122 times among the Qur’ān’s narratives. This article provides a plot-based chart of Musa’s narrative, which maps out the stories dedicated to different themes. This applies not only to the internal context of the Qu'rān, but also to the overall context of the general narrative of the Abrahamic religions. The article also draws parallels between episodes in the life of episodes of the Prophet Muhammad’s life and the story of Musa in the Qur’ān.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1832361","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47177892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-10DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1818954
R. Ridinger
Abstract The genre of historical and contemporary cinema, which takes as its source of plot and characters the Bible has long enjoyed a welcome from the viewing public (whether in theaters or streaming on the Internet). In both the silent and sound film eras, the “Biblical epic” offered a new channel for the communication of religious values and familiar scriptural tales to mass audiences. As research subjects they have been (and continue to be) explored by fields as diverse as film history, musicology, and traditional Biblical studies. This article reviews both the major Biblical films produced in both Europe and the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the research and reference works written about them.
{"title":"From Moses to DeMille: Adapting the Bible to the Big Screen","authors":"R. Ridinger","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1818954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1818954","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The genre of historical and contemporary cinema, which takes as its source of plot and characters the Bible has long enjoyed a welcome from the viewing public (whether in theaters or streaming on the Internet). In both the silent and sound film eras, the “Biblical epic” offered a new channel for the communication of religious values and familiar scriptural tales to mass audiences. As research subjects they have been (and continue to be) explored by fields as diverse as film history, musicology, and traditional Biblical studies. This article reviews both the major Biblical films produced in both Europe and the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the research and reference works written about them.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1818954","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45282081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-03DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1793536
W. Bernard Lukenbill, W. D. Young
Abstract Prayer requests from members and attendees of a progressive Christian church located in a large American City was the subject of this investigation. This church serves congregants from Roman Catholic and Protestant backgrounds, and a large, but not exclusively gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community. ap Siôn’s study of prayer typology and subject contents from rural England influenced this investigation. This study used computer technology and document analysis to categorize 8,059 individual prayer card requests submitted between 2014-2018 from church members and attendees. Results showed the most common prayer requests were “Thanks and Thanksgiving” prayers with “Praise and Adoration” prayers among the least common. Few references to sin and forgiveness were found. The most frequently mentioned subjects of prayers were those referencing personal needs and concerns. Findings and comparison with ap Siôn and other research suggest these prayer requests demonstrate the social and theological cohesiveness of Christian prayer. Additional research is suggested comparing Christian prayer with prayers in other religions and how prayer behaviors interact with the rise of multiculturalism in society.
{"title":"Christian Prayer and the Local Congregation: A Social Analysis of Individual Prayer Petitions","authors":"W. Bernard Lukenbill, W. D. Young","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1793536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1793536","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Prayer requests from members and attendees of a progressive Christian church located in a large American City was the subject of this investigation. This church serves congregants from Roman Catholic and Protestant backgrounds, and a large, but not exclusively gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community. ap Siôn’s study of prayer typology and subject contents from rural England influenced this investigation. This study used computer technology and document analysis to categorize 8,059 individual prayer card requests submitted between 2014-2018 from church members and attendees. Results showed the most common prayer requests were “Thanks and Thanksgiving” prayers with “Praise and Adoration” prayers among the least common. Few references to sin and forgiveness were found. The most frequently mentioned subjects of prayers were those referencing personal needs and concerns. Findings and comparison with ap Siôn and other research suggest these prayer requests demonstrate the social and theological cohesiveness of Christian prayer. Additional research is suggested comparing Christian prayer with prayers in other religions and how prayer behaviors interact with the rise of multiculturalism in society.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1793536","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49521991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-28DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1789331
Marissa Bischoff, Gerrit van Dyk
Abstract The religious studies librarians at Brigham Young University (BYU) began a book display research project to examine the circulation rates of religious studies titles placed on display and to specifically evaluate the impact of religious fiction on that display in an academic library. Student employees were tasked with curating the displays over several years and maintaining a spreadsheet with the titles displayed and resulting checkout rates. Religious fiction (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint tradition) circulated over 80% the first three years, higher than the religious nonfiction on display and the same genre in the stacks. In the final year of study when almost no fiction was displayed and a higher quantity of items were placed on the shelves, the display circulation rates fell sharply. All books on the display circulated better when there was a portion of both nonfiction and fiction and when the shelves held fewer items. The data clearly showed that religious fiction is an important genre to display in an academic library.
杨百翰大学(Brigham Young University, BYU)的宗教研究图书馆员开始了一项图书展示研究项目，旨在调查某学术图书馆中宗教研究图书的发行量，并具体评估宗教小说对图书展示的影响。学生员工的任务是在几年的时间里策划展览，并维护一个电子表格，其中包含显示的标题和由此产生的结帐率。宗教小说(来自耶稣基督后期圣徒教会传统)在头三年的发行量超过80%，高于展出的宗教非小说类书籍和书架上的同类型书籍。在研究的最后一年，几乎没有小说被展示，而架子上的物品数量更多，展示流通率急剧下降。当非虚构类和虚构类都有一部分时，以及书架上的书较少时，所有的书都能更好地流通。数据清楚地表明，宗教小说是一个重要的体裁，在学术图书馆展出。
{"title":"The Effect of Fiction on Religious Studies Display Shelves in an Academic Library","authors":"Marissa Bischoff, Gerrit van Dyk","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1789331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1789331","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The religious studies librarians at Brigham Young University (BYU) began a book display research project to examine the circulation rates of religious studies titles placed on display and to specifically evaluate the impact of religious fiction on that display in an academic library. Student employees were tasked with curating the displays over several years and maintaining a spreadsheet with the titles displayed and resulting checkout rates. Religious fiction (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint tradition) circulated over 80% the first three years, higher than the religious nonfiction on display and the same genre in the stacks. In the final year of study when almost no fiction was displayed and a higher quantity of items were placed on the shelves, the display circulation rates fell sharply. All books on the display circulated better when there was a portion of both nonfiction and fiction and when the shelves held fewer items. The data clearly showed that religious fiction is an important genre to display in an academic library.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1789331","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46098933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-05-01DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1767333
Wendell G. Johnson
Abstract The reaction of the Roman Catholic Church and its Pontiff to the Holocaust continues to elicit scholarly debate. The Church was strident in its denunciation and condemnation of Bolshevism and Communism. Did it remain culpably silent in its reactions to Nazism in Germany and Fascism in Italy, two political movements which led to the destruction of Europe’s Jewish population? This study provides a review of the policies and actions of Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) and his successor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli). In the view of Holocaust scholars (e.g. Goldhagen and Zuccotti) the role of Pius XII represents a blight on the reputation of the Roman Catholic Church. Also included are biographical sketches of two Catholic priests (Pere Marie-Benoit and Jozef Tiso) who met very different fates after the conclusion of the Second World War.
摘要罗马天主教会及其教皇对大屠杀的反应继续引发学术争论。教会强烈谴责和谴责布尔什维克主义和共产主义。它对德国的纳粹主义和意大利的法西斯主义的反应是否保持沉默，这两个政治运动导致了欧洲犹太人的毁灭？本研究回顾了教皇庇护XI（Achille Ratti）及其继任者庇护十二世（Eugenio Pacelli）的政策和行动。在大屠杀学者（如Goldhagen和Zuccotti）看来，庇护十二世的角色对罗马天主教会的声誉造成了损害。还包括两位天主教牧师（Pere Marie Benoit和Jozef Tiso）的传记草图，他们在第二次世界大战结束后遭遇了截然不同的命运。
{"title":"Blood Libel and the Pius War: A Bibliographic Review of the Roman Catholic Church and the Holocaust","authors":"Wendell G. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1767333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1767333","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The reaction of the Roman Catholic Church and its Pontiff to the Holocaust continues to elicit scholarly debate. The Church was strident in its denunciation and condemnation of Bolshevism and Communism. Did it remain culpably silent in its reactions to Nazism in Germany and Fascism in Italy, two political movements which led to the destruction of Europe’s Jewish population? This study provides a review of the policies and actions of Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) and his successor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli). In the view of Holocaust scholars (e.g. Goldhagen and Zuccotti) the role of Pius XII represents a blight on the reputation of the Roman Catholic Church. Also included are biographical sketches of two Catholic priests (Pere Marie-Benoit and Jozef Tiso) who met very different fates after the conclusion of the Second World War.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1767333","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46513842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-16DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2020.1753422
R. Ridinger
Abstract The global communities of Judaism have each generated distinctive bodies of writings, both for internal use (such as the works of individual religious leaders and unique liturgies for their formal worship) and as the subject of research in the social sciences and humanities. One of the most ancient such communities existed for centuries in a region not usually associated with Judaism, but with significant ties to ancient Israel in historical and religious tradition, the land of Ethiopia. In existence by the third century C.E., the people who referred to themselves as the Beta Israel (House of Israel) maintained distinct political and economic identities while continuing to practice a pre-Rabbinic form of Judaism up to the twentieth century within a society structured by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. This article will explore the diverse literature on the Beta Israel created before and since the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948 covering the issue of the recognition of their identity as Jews, the efforts made by the world Jewish community to rescue them from war and violence, and the cultural and religious problems generated by their arrival in Israel.
{"title":"Beyond the Rivers of Ethiopia: Writings on the Beta Israel (Falasha)","authors":"R. Ridinger","doi":"10.1080/10477845.2020.1753422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2020.1753422","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The global communities of Judaism have each generated distinctive bodies of writings, both for internal use (such as the works of individual religious leaders and unique liturgies for their formal worship) and as the subject of research in the social sciences and humanities. One of the most ancient such communities existed for centuries in a region not usually associated with Judaism, but with significant ties to ancient Israel in historical and religious tradition, the land of Ethiopia. In existence by the third century C.E., the people who referred to themselves as the Beta Israel (House of Israel) maintained distinct political and economic identities while continuing to practice a pre-Rabbinic form of Judaism up to the twentieth century within a society structured by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. This article will explore the diverse literature on the Beta Israel created before and since the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948 covering the issue of the recognition of their identity as Jews, the efforts made by the world Jewish community to rescue them from war and violence, and the cultural and religious problems generated by their arrival in Israel.","PeriodicalId":35378,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religious and Theological Information","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10477845.2020.1753422","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43580022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：