This work presents as study theme the set of relations between religion and politics. The objective is to apprehend the main insertion mechanisms used by layman Catholics who insert themselves in partisan politics mediated by their performances in the Catholic Church instances in Aracaju-SE. The empirical snippet was based on three layman Catholics notoriously recognized in Aracaju´s Catholic community. These agents engaged in Catholic´s Church religious movements, enabling the development of projects related to human rights, community issues and assistentialism. To understand the insertion mechanisms that were used for these layman Catholics to move from the religious sphere to the political sphere. This work proposes questions to understand their motivations to insert themselves in partisan politics through the examination of the socio-cultural living style present in their social trajectories which allowed access to the means of politicization and provisions for engaging in the Church instances. / O presente trabalho apresenta como tema de estudo o conjunto de relações entre política e religião, tendo por objetivo apreender os principais mecanismos de inserção acionados por leigos católicos para se inserem na política partidária, em Aracaju- SE, mediados por suas atuações nos espaços da Igreja Católica. O recorte empírico pautou-se no itinerário de três leigos notoriamente reconhecidos na comunidade católica aracajuana, onde se engajaram em movimentos sociais religiosos e pastorais, possibilitando desenvolver projetos voltados para as questões sobre direitos humanos, comunitários e assistencialismo. Para compreender os mecanismos de inserção acionados no trânsito da esfera religiosa para a esfera política, o trabalho desenvolveu como problemática compreender as motivações que os levaram a se inserirem na política partidária, através dos exames dos condicionantes socioculturais presentes nos seus itinerários sociais, que possibilitou o acesso às vias da politização e as disposições para o engajamento nos espaços da Igreja.

Orientador: João Carlos Kfouri Quartim de Moraes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T08:42:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carvalho_IsaarSoaresde_D.pdf: 1506884 bytes, checksum: ab8e090b6fb2e6c9c32c4807c4886450 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é examinar a interpretação das Escrituras feita por Thomas Hobbes para corroborar sua tese sobre o caráter absoluto do poder civil, especialmente sobre a Igreja. Na época de Hobbes era necessário ao cidadão conhecer as Leis de Deus para discernir se a Lei Civil se opunha a elas ou não, para que não pecasse contra o poder civil ou contra a vontade de Deus. Em sua obra De Cive Hobbes diz que o homem é um membro de uma sociedade que é primeiramente secular e depois, sacra. Nessa obra ele se dedica a examinar qual é a essência da Religião Cristã e qual é a natureza do comando e da sujeição. Hobbes adota uma nova hermenêutica para ler as Escrituras. Nosso esforço é o de examinar a interpretação da Bíblia feita por ele para defender a natureza absoluta da soberania e suas críticas das intervenções da Igreja no poder civil, aparentemente em nome de Deus. Um dos problemas mais importantes da teoria política de Hobbes era o da supremacia do poder civil sobre a religião, o qual é tratado, em primeiro lugar, com argumentos baseados na razão natural e, em segundo lugar, com argumentos baseados em textos das Escrituras. Ele encontra na Bíblia diversos textos que, de acordo com a sua interpretação, poderão corroborar não só a natureza absoluta do poder civil, mas também a própria teoria do consentimento. Hobbes, como um engenhoso estrategista, enfrenta a hermenêutica oficial da Bíblia, que era parcial e falaciosa, especialmente quando se tratava das relações entre o poder secular e o alegado poder universal da Igreja. E se a Igreja usou os textos das Escrituras como "as fortificações avançadas" para ameaçar ameaça o poder civil, Hobbes as lerá usando seus textos como corroboração de seus argumentos em favor daquele que "foi feito para não ter medo" o grande Leviatã, aquele "Deus Mortal, ao qual devemos, abaixo do Deus Imortal, nossa paz e defesa". E dele se deriva a legitimidade da Igreja, que em nome de Deus pretende sobrepor-se ao soberano civil, cuja autoridade é reconhecida, no entanto, pela própria Escritura Sagrada. Esta é a essência de nosso labor: examinar como e em que medida esses conceitos são construídos em sua argumentação e também resgatar a importância de seu pensamento sobre a Religião e as Escrituras, estas como uma das colunas da construção de uma nova hermenêutica, em sua luta pela paz civil diante das pretensões de soberania da instituição eclesiástica, principalmente a católica, mas também a presbiteriana, especialmente no contexto britânico / Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the interpretation of the Scripture by Thomas Hobbes to support his thesis about the absoluteness of the civil power, especially on the Church. At the time of Hobbes it was necessary for citizens to know the Laws of God to discern whether the Civil Law was opposed to them or not, that might not sin against the civil power or against the will of God. In his work De Cive Hobbes says that man is a member of a society that is primarily secular and later religious. In this work he is engaged to examine what is the essence of the Christian Religion, and what is the nature of leadership and submission. Hobbes adopts a new hermeneutic for reading the Scripture. Our effort is to examine the interpretation of the Bible for him to defend the absolute nature of sovereignty and its criticism of the Church's intervention in the civil power, apparently in the name of God. It was of great importance in the argument of Hobbes defense of the supremacy of civil power over religion, adopting an argument based partially on natural reason and partly on the texts of Scripture. He will find many texts in the Bible, according to their interpretation, may corroborate not only the absolute nature of the civil power, but also the theory of consent. Hobbes, as a clever strategist, faces official hermeneutics of the Bible, which was partial and misleading, especially when it came to relations between the secular power and the alleged universal power of the Church. And if the Church used the texts of the Scriptures as "the Outworks of the Enemy, from whence they impugne the Civil Power", Hobbes will read them using their texts as corroboration of their arguments in favor of one who "was not meant to be afraid of", the "great Leviathan, that Mortal God, to whom we owe, under the immortal God, our peace and defense." And it derives the legitimacy of the Church that in God's name you want to override the civil sovereign, whose authority is recognized, however, by the Bible. This is the essence of our work: to examine how and to what extent these concepts are built in their arguments and also to recover the importance of his thinking about religion and the Scriptures, such as one of the pillars of the construction of a new hermeneutics, in its struggle for civil peace in the face of claims of sovereignty of the ecclesiastical institution, mainly Catholic, but also the Presbyterian, especially in the British context / Doutorado / Filosofia / Doutor em Filosofia

My duty and aim in the writing of the thesis was neither based on scholarship nor on the fluttering of the dove coates of theological orthodoxy, but on the interpretation of the austere nature of the life of black people under the Nationalist Party rule of Apartheid. My duty, therefore, is that of an interpreter of the situation. There is nothing academic about apartheid. What is there is the monstrous evil perpetuated through the genius of the Afrikaner-Broederbond and the Afrikaans Churches and to a lesser extent by the liberal white community within the confines of South Africa (Introduction, p. vii)

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_luiz_carlos.pdf: 1371783 bytes, checksum: b22f09ed03a8b8b37d8f33c200b471dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-08 / Religious liberty is a fundamental right of the human person, within reason, constitutional dignity prescribes the biggest law of our country. It understands the right of choice or to adhere to a belief or religion. On the other hand, the Brazilian State, that is secular, also by express constitutional determination, should garantee him of that right. However, what happens in some situations, some truths supported by the church, and, consequently by, his followers, this clashes with others fundamental rights, such as the life, the citizenship and the dignity of the human person. The most famous cases involve those that involve the interruption of the pregnancy for anencephalic fetuses and euthanasia/ortothanasia. This thesis analyze the behavior of the Justice System when faced with these situations, the influence of the religious convictions of the magistrate, the pressures exercised by the Church and by the public's social movements regarding human rights and, in the end, build a rational discussion regarding the relationship between science (law) and religion / A liberdade religiosa é direito fundamental da pessoa humana, de dignidade constitucional, conforme preceitua a lei maior de nosso país. Compreende o direito de escolher ou de aderir a uma crença ou religião. Por outro lado, o Estado Brasileiro, que é laico, também por expressa determinação constitucional, tem o dever de garantir o livre exercício desse direito. Acontece que, em algumas situações, verdades sustentadas pelas Igrejas e, consequentemente, por seus seguidores, entram em rota de colisão com outros direitos fundamentais da pessoa humana, tais como a vida, a cidadania e a dignidade da pessoa humana. Os casos mais conhecidos são aqueles que envolvem a interrupção da gravidez para fetos anencefálicos e eutanásia/ortotanásia. O trabalho analisa o comportamento do Judiciário diante dessas situações, a influência das convicções religiosas do magistrado, as pressões exercidas pelas Igrejas e pelos movimentos sociais de promoção e defesa dos direitos humanos, bem como, ao final, constrói um discurso racional que permite uma relação dialógica, mais equilibrada entre a ciência (jurídica) e a religião

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria is very particular in its missionary focus; it strives towards preparing people for the Second Advent of Christ through preaching its unique set of doctrines. The denomination as an organization and its people believe that this task must be done with a sense of urgency. To this end, apart from having a network of congregations and places of worship, it has set up schools (from primary to tertiary levels), medical care facilities and a relief agency, and it gets involved in various forms of community services. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a world-wide Christian organization whose missionary orientation necessitated its establishment in Nigeria. Nigeria, as a country, is a British colonial arrangement established through Lord Frederick Lugard’s amalgamation of different regions in 1914. The country has continued ever since to struggle with the issue of identity, political leadership and development. Although its people struggled and got independence on October 1, 1960, the different ethnic groups’ perception of the political leadership and resource control ever since is that of injustice and marginalization. This perception has led to many coup d’états and even a civil war. Bad leadership, corruption, maladministration, election rigging and other forms of immoral behaviours have continued to hamper the movement towards prosperity and peace. In what appears to be a cycle of underdevelopment and political injustice has led to chronic bad governance, which has precipitated ethnic and religious violence. Such a series of events have consequentially neutralized all opportunities necessary for growth and development. Corruption and other unethical practices are the bane of development and prosperity. This is the milieu in which the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria carries out its missionary activities. Incidentally, the denomination’s first missionary, Elder David C. Babcock, arrived in Nigeria the same year as the country’s amalgamation (1914). The Seventh-day Adventist Church has therefore continued to grow within the context of Nigeria’s socio-economic and political turmoil. The issue of development and national prosperity has always been central to successive administrations in Nigeria. To this end, various developmental policies were put in place. This thesis examines these policies and reflects on the levels of their successes and failures. Most of the time, the nagging issues of corruption and lack of discipline are seen to have constituted major obstacles toward achieving their set objectives. This study therefore proposes a different outlook and approach to the issue of national development. Its thesis is that the traditional micro-economic approach, which measures national development only by indices such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita income and other physical indicators, would always leave the developmental aspirations frustrated, if not unmet. This study therefore proceeds to propose the transformational development approach, which underscores the critical roles that faith-based organizations (FBOs) need to play to support sustainable development. This thesis challenges the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria to see itself as a critical agency for transformational development of the country. This should be a major part of its missionary activities. This study examined literatures that have demonstrated how theological discourse can be redirected toward broader social concerns, such as transforming a community. Furthermore, an empirical exploration of the Seventh-day Adventist community that formed part of the study showed that its members are focused and consistent in their understanding of the denomination’s task of preparing the world for the Second Advent. But these SDA members also want the denomination to be more socially engaged. They want their church to make more comments on issues of development and governance. This thesis concludes that the Seventh-day Adventist Church could use its influence to promote good governance, advocacy and social justice. It urges the denomination to expand the applications of its unique doctrines to include pragmatic transformational development concerns. Accordingly it is argued that the Seventh-day Adventist Church could collaborate with other denominations and religions, solely for the purpose of transformational development and without compromising its own beliefs. Hence, it is postulated that this church would still be loyal and true to its mission by recognizing that making a structural difference in the lives of Nigerians is an authentic and integral part of the restoration of the image of God (imago Dei) in people. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology with specialization in Urban Ministry)

Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts in the subject ETHICS at the University of Zululand, 2008. / The year 2004 marked South Africa's celebration of ten years of democracy as encapsulated by guaranteeing a better life for all. The gap between the rich and the poor as well as moral degradation challenges the euphoria of our young democracy. The South African government's commitment to non-racism, justice, democracy and non-sexism constitutes a centre of values that challenges us all to live better lives. This social-democratic society is a secular expression of a Biblical social vision. Within the juxtaposition of Theopoiitics and secularism, this research explicates the challenges of liberal and secular laws as imposed on a fervently religious country. Theopoiitics, as described as the continual interrelationship between government and church, is firmly cemented in South Africa. Nevertheless, how far would the secular, socialist-inclined government go in distancing itself from religious interference? How willing are churches to move away from a marginalised social agent to become a re-energised moral watchdog? Consequently, South Africa's transformative democracy needs to rediscover its spiritual heritage, while churches and Christianity need to invigorate Theopoiitics to participate in and guarantee the realisation of a just democratic order. This study therefore examines the level of interaction between church and state, specifically the Anglican Church and the Dutch Reformed Church. Furthermore, the degree of representation of church attendants and the electorate, as linked to transformation and their leaders in church and government respectively, are scrutinised. In conclusion, it becomes apparent that Theopoiitics will continue to play a role in the secular South Africa. Church-state relationships will be united in their shared vision of a fair, just and socio-economically viable South Africa.

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The contribution of the Church to the reconstruction of a nation is the primary reason for the present study. The paradox image that the Democratic Republic of Congo presents deserves particular attention. With more than 80% of DRC population being Christians, this study strives to examine the current Christian religious discourse in the DRC and to see in what way this discourse can be ameliorated in order to play properly the role of facilitating a positive transformation of this country. Notwithstanding I have been alienated from the country for some years now, the study analyzes the current situation on the ground on the basis of the data available, and makes some recommendations in order for the situation in the DRC to be ameliorated. This study thus urges a reconstructive Christian religious discourse in the hope of changing the nation’s mentality in order to reconstruct this beautiful Country. / New Testament / M. Div. (New Testament)