Arie Morgenstern
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195305784
- eISBN:
- 9780199784820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195305787.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
Beginning in the 1820s, a symbiotic relationship prevailed between the Perushim and the Protestant missionaries active in the Land of Israel such as Joseph Wolf and the London Society for the ...
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Beginning in the 1820s, a symbiotic relationship prevailed between the Perushim and the Protestant missionaries active in the Land of Israel such as Joseph Wolf and the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity Amongst the Jews. The missionaries saw the return of the Jews to the Promised Land as essential to the messianic process; the Perushim were happy to accept economic, medical, and other forms of material aid from the missionaries, and saw gentile involvement in the rebuilding of the land as part of the messianic process as they envisioned it. At the same time, there were tensions related to the missionaries’ efforts to convert the Jews. Matters grew more complex in the 1830s when the Perushim saw the enlightened, European (read: Christian)-style reign of Muhammad Ali as displacing to a degree the role of the Christian missionaries, and Jews and Christians throughout the world began to anticipate more intensely the fateful year of 1840. The atmosphere is vividly portrayed in Lehren’s correspondence. Ties between the Perushim’s leadership and the Christian missionaries were strengthened in the wake of the terrifying Damascus blood libel in March 1840, when the missionaries turned out to be the Jews’ only allies. At the same time, the missionaries increased their efforts to proselytize, taking steps as radical as the appointment of a Jewish convert as Anglican bishop in Jerusalem. The passing of 1840 without the Messiah’s appearance produced a crisis of faith, making many Jews more vulnerable to the missionaries’ efforts. Jewish writers (such as Aviezer of Ticktin) sought to play down the crisis, offering reasons for the Messiah’s delay.Less
Beginning in the 1820s, a symbiotic relationship prevailed between the Perushim and the Protestant missionaries active in the Land of Israel such as Joseph Wolf and the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity Amongst the Jews. The missionaries saw the return of the Jews to the Promised Land as essential to the messianic process; the Perushim were happy to accept economic, medical, and other forms of material aid from the missionaries, and saw gentile involvement in the rebuilding of the land as part of the messianic process as they envisioned it. At the same time, there were tensions related to the missionaries’ efforts to convert the Jews. Matters grew more complex in the 1830s when the Perushim saw the enlightened, European (read: Christian)-style reign of Muhammad Ali as displacing to a degree the role of the Christian missionaries, and Jews and Christians throughout the world began to anticipate more intensely the fateful year of 1840. The atmosphere is vividly portrayed in Lehren’s correspondence. Ties between the Perushim’s leadership and the Christian missionaries were strengthened in the wake of the terrifying Damascus blood libel in March 1840, when the missionaries turned out to be the Jews’ only allies. At the same time, the missionaries increased their efforts to proselytize, taking steps as radical as the appointment of a Jewish convert as Anglican bishop in Jerusalem. The passing of 1840 without the Messiah’s appearance produced a crisis of faith, making many Jews more vulnerable to the missionaries’ efforts. Jewish writers (such as Aviezer of Ticktin) sought to play down the crisis, offering reasons for the Messiah’s delay.
GOODMAN MARTIN
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263876
- eISBN:
- 9780191682674
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263876.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion in the Ancient World, Judaism
This chapter explores the possible origins of proselytizing. The suggestion that approval of universal proselytizing may have arisen among some rabbinic Jews in reaction to the use of the concept ...
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This chapter explores the possible origins of proselytizing. The suggestion that approval of universal proselytizing may have arisen among some rabbinic Jews in reaction to the use of the concept within the Church, raises the possibility that such mission may also have been found in other religions of late antiquity affected by Christianity. The investigation examines whether pagans or others proselytized under the influence of Christians and the consequences of the notion of proselytizing mission on religious behaviour in antiquity. Lastly, it investigates some possible explanations for the emergence of the idea of universal proselytizing in the history of the early church.Less
This chapter explores the possible origins of proselytizing. The suggestion that approval of universal proselytizing may have arisen among some rabbinic Jews in reaction to the use of the concept within the Church, raises the possibility that such mission may also have been found in other religions of late antiquity affected by Christianity. The investigation examines whether pagans or others proselytized under the influence of Christians and the consequences of the notion of proselytizing mission on religious behaviour in antiquity. Lastly, it investigates some possible explanations for the emergence of the idea of universal proselytizing in the history of the early church.
Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195161557
- eISBN:
- 9780199835836
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195161556.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Some faith-based social service programs incorporate specifically religious content, intended to expose beneficiaries to religious resources, messages, or activities. Religious program elements ...
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Some faith-based social service programs incorporate specifically religious content, intended to expose beneficiaries to religious resources, messages, or activities. Religious program elements include religious references in program self-descriptions, religious objects in the program environment, invitations to religious activities, prayer, use of sacred texts, worship, sharing of personal testimonies, religious teachings, and invitations to a personal faith commitment (proselytizing). Seven variables further describe the style or format of these religious elements, particularly whether they are mandatory, and how they are structured into the program methodology. From this follows five general strategies for incorporating a religious dimension into social services: implicit, invitational, relational, integrated-optional, and mandatory.Less
Some faith-based social service programs incorporate specifically religious content, intended to expose beneficiaries to religious resources, messages, or activities. Religious program elements include religious references in program self-descriptions, religious objects in the program environment, invitations to religious activities, prayer, use of sacred texts, worship, sharing of personal testimonies, religious teachings, and invitations to a personal faith commitment (proselytizing). Seven variables further describe the style or format of these religious elements, particularly whether they are mandatory, and how they are structured into the program methodology. From this follows five general strategies for incorporating a religious dimension into social services: implicit, invitational, relational, integrated-optional, and mandatory.
Raymond F. Gregory
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801449543
- eISBN:
- 9780801460746
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801449543.001.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, HRM / IR
In a recent survey, twenty percent of workers interviewed reported that they had either experienced religious prejudice while at work or knew of a coworker who had been subjected to some form of ...
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In a recent survey, twenty percent of workers interviewed reported that they had either experienced religious prejudice while at work or knew of a coworker who had been subjected to some form of discriminatory conduct. Indeed, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the filing of religious discrimination charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, sex, and religion) increased seventy-five percent between 1997 and 2008. The growing desire on the part of some religious groups to openly express their faith while at work has forced their employers and coworkers to reconsider the appropriateness of certain aspects of devotional conduct. Religion in the workplace does not sit well with all workers, and, from the employer's perspective, the presence of religious practice during the workday may be distracting and, at times, divisive. A thin line separates religious self-expression—by employees and employers—from unlawful proselytizing. This book presents specific cases that cast light on the legal ramifications of mixing religion and work. Court cases arising under Title VII and the First Amendment must be closely studied, the book argues, if we are to fully understand the difficulties that arise for employers and employees alike when they become involved in workplace disputes involving religion, and his book is an ideal resource for anyone hoping to understand this issue.Less
In a recent survey, twenty percent of workers interviewed reported that they had either experienced religious prejudice while at work or knew of a coworker who had been subjected to some form of discriminatory conduct. Indeed, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the filing of religious discrimination charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, sex, and religion) increased seventy-five percent between 1997 and 2008. The growing desire on the part of some religious groups to openly express their faith while at work has forced their employers and coworkers to reconsider the appropriateness of certain aspects of devotional conduct. Religion in the workplace does not sit well with all workers, and, from the employer's perspective, the presence of religious practice during the workday may be distracting and, at times, divisive. A thin line separates religious self-expression—by employees and employers—from unlawful proselytizing. This book presents specific cases that cast light on the legal ramifications of mixing religion and work. Court cases arising under Title VII and the First Amendment must be closely studied, the book argues, if we are to fully understand the difficulties that arise for employers and employees alike when they become involved in workplace disputes involving religion, and his book is an ideal resource for anyone hoping to understand this issue.
C.S. Adcock
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198078012
- eISBN:
- 9780199080984
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198078012.003.0044
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
The Arya Samaj has long been distinguished among nineteenth century reform organizations as forerunner of Hindu nationalist politics and exemplar of Hindu religious intolerance. Arya Samaj practices ...
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The Arya Samaj has long been distinguished among nineteenth century reform organizations as forerunner of Hindu nationalist politics and exemplar of Hindu religious intolerance. Arya Samaj practices that can be classed as proselytizing lie at the heart of this scholarly assessment: practices of religious controversy between contending Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian organizations; and the shuddhi ritual of conversion or purification. This chapter argues that understandings of the so-called proselytizing activities of the Arya Samaj have been circumscribed by the framing narrative of Hindu Tolerance. One consequence is a near exclusive focus on the motives or intentions of Hindu elite ‘proselytizers’ in the Arya Samaj. When shuddhi is viewed from the perspective of those who pursued conversion, its subversive potential becomes visible. The chapter treats the case of the Arya Samaj controversialist and former Muslim, Dharm Pal, who pursued shuddhi as a step towards radical caste reform.Less
The Arya Samaj has long been distinguished among nineteenth century reform organizations as forerunner of Hindu nationalist politics and exemplar of Hindu religious intolerance. Arya Samaj practices that can be classed as proselytizing lie at the heart of this scholarly assessment: practices of religious controversy between contending Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian organizations; and the shuddhi ritual of conversion or purification. This chapter argues that understandings of the so-called proselytizing activities of the Arya Samaj have been circumscribed by the framing narrative of Hindu Tolerance. One consequence is a near exclusive focus on the motives or intentions of Hindu elite ‘proselytizers’ in the Arya Samaj. When shuddhi is viewed from the perspective of those who pursued conversion, its subversive potential becomes visible. The chapter treats the case of the Arya Samaj controversialist and former Muslim, Dharm Pal, who pursued shuddhi as a step towards radical caste reform.
GOODMAN MARTIN
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263876
- eISBN:
- 9780191682674
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263876.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion in the Ancient World, Judaism
This chapter considers the implications of the tolerance for Jewish attitudes towards potential proselytes. Since the work of Schürer and Juster at the beginning of this century, many scholars agreed ...
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This chapter considers the implications of the tolerance for Jewish attitudes towards potential proselytes. Since the work of Schürer and Juster at the beginning of this century, many scholars agreed that Jewish proselytizing in antiquity reached a peak of intensity in the first century of the Christian era at the time of the emergence of Christianity. Despite this, the chapter aims to show the flimsiness of the hypothesis on which the mainstream consensus is based. It first lays out the evidence which has been used in the past to support the view that Jews in the first century sought proselytes. The second section of the chapter attempts to expose the weakness of the evidence. It then offers some general reasons to doubt that Jews of any variety apart from Christianity saw value before 100 CE in a mission to convert outsiders to the faith.Less
This chapter considers the implications of the tolerance for Jewish attitudes towards potential proselytes. Since the work of Schürer and Juster at the beginning of this century, many scholars agreed that Jewish proselytizing in antiquity reached a peak of intensity in the first century of the Christian era at the time of the emergence of Christianity. Despite this, the chapter aims to show the flimsiness of the hypothesis on which the mainstream consensus is based. It first lays out the evidence which has been used in the past to support the view that Jews in the first century sought proselytes. The second section of the chapter attempts to expose the weakness of the evidence. It then offers some general reasons to doubt that Jews of any variety apart from Christianity saw value before 100 CE in a mission to convert outsiders to the faith.
Philip J. Stern
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195393736
- eISBN:
- 9780199896837
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393736.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, World Early Modern History, British and Irish Early Modern History
Confronting enduring historiographical assumptions that hold that the East India Company’s policies and attitudes were hostile or ambivalent towards religion, this chapter argues that religion was in ...
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Confronting enduring historiographical assumptions that hold that the East India Company’s policies and attitudes were hostile or ambivalent towards religion, this chapter argues that religion was in fact central to the Company’s constitution and political thought in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. While emphasizing the importance of toleration as a key principle of political economy, essential for cultivating populous and commercially vibrant settlements, Company leaders exhibited a serious commitment to protecting and preserving Protestantism in Asia. Its leaders wrote in the languages of religion, apparently deeply invested in the notion of Providence and the role of God in shaping its establishment abroad. They also understood, like many in the early modern world, that supervision over religion was a critical aspect of sovereignty and a fundamental duty of government. Company policy established and governed standards for religious worship and moral behavior, in another attempt to cultivate virtuous and obedient settlers. It also sought to curb the influence of Catholicism and Islam in its settlements, and promoted the establishment of chaplaincies, churches, and even a form of proselytizing especially amongst those non-Protestant settlers in its colonies.Less
Confronting enduring historiographical assumptions that hold that the East India Company’s policies and attitudes were hostile or ambivalent towards religion, this chapter argues that religion was in fact central to the Company’s constitution and political thought in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. While emphasizing the importance of toleration as a key principle of political economy, essential for cultivating populous and commercially vibrant settlements, Company leaders exhibited a serious commitment to protecting and preserving Protestantism in Asia. Its leaders wrote in the languages of religion, apparently deeply invested in the notion of Providence and the role of God in shaping its establishment abroad. They also understood, like many in the early modern world, that supervision over religion was a critical aspect of sovereignty and a fundamental duty of government. Company policy established and governed standards for religious worship and moral behavior, in another attempt to cultivate virtuous and obedient settlers. It also sought to curb the influence of Catholicism and Islam in its settlements, and promoted the establishment of chaplaincies, churches, and even a form of proselytizing especially amongst those non-Protestant settlers in its colonies.
Raymond F. Gregory
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801449543
- eISBN:
- 9780801460746
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801449543.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, HRM / IR
This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employee's proselytization of other employees. Most people tend to keep their religious beliefs to themselves, while others feel obligated to ...
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This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employee's proselytization of other employees. Most people tend to keep their religious beliefs to themselves, while others feel obligated to express their deeply held beliefs to those with whom they come in contact. This is especially the case with evangelical Christians, who are often cited as those more likely to engage their coworkers in religious discussion. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires employers to reasonably accommodate their workers' religious observances and practices unless such accommodation imposes an undue hardship upon the conduct of business. This chapter considers the challenges faced by a company in trying to balance the religious commitments of its employees with its normal business needs by discussing the case of the Tulon Company of Richmond in its dispute with Charita Chalmers. It also looks at a number of other court cases that address the question of whether an employee's religious practices amount to unlawful proselytizing and should be barred from the workplace.Less
This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employee's proselytization of other employees. Most people tend to keep their religious beliefs to themselves, while others feel obligated to express their deeply held beliefs to those with whom they come in contact. This is especially the case with evangelical Christians, who are often cited as those more likely to engage their coworkers in religious discussion. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires employers to reasonably accommodate their workers' religious observances and practices unless such accommodation imposes an undue hardship upon the conduct of business. This chapter considers the challenges faced by a company in trying to balance the religious commitments of its employees with its normal business needs by discussing the case of the Tulon Company of Richmond in its dispute with Charita Chalmers. It also looks at a number of other court cases that address the question of whether an employee's religious practices amount to unlawful proselytizing and should be barred from the workplace.
Raymond F. Gregory
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801449543
- eISBN:
- 9780801460746
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801449543.003.0008
- Subject:
- Business and Management, HRM / IR
This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employer's proselytization of its employees. When an employer engages in proselytizing of its employees, it may be violating Title VII because ...
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This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employer's proselytization of its employees. When an employer engages in proselytizing of its employees, it may be violating Title VII because workers who find themselves in those circumstances are more likely to endure repeated violations of their rights rather than risk losing their jobs by reacting negatively to efforts to convert them. Similarly, a job applicant made aware of the religious beliefs and practices of an employer may decide to ignore its proselytization endeavors in hopes of gaining employment. This chapter considers a number of court cases to show that an employer is always skating on thin ice when it proselytizes in the workplace, including those involving the Sports and Health Club, the Townley Manufacturing Company, and Preferred Home Health Care.Less
This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employer's proselytization of its employees. When an employer engages in proselytizing of its employees, it may be violating Title VII because workers who find themselves in those circumstances are more likely to endure repeated violations of their rights rather than risk losing their jobs by reacting negatively to efforts to convert them. Similarly, a job applicant made aware of the religious beliefs and practices of an employer may decide to ignore its proselytization endeavors in hopes of gaining employment. This chapter considers a number of court cases to show that an employer is always skating on thin ice when it proselytizes in the workplace, including those involving the Sports and Health Club, the Townley Manufacturing Company, and Preferred Home Health Care.
Raymond F. Gregory
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801449543
- eISBN:
- 9780801460746
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801449543.003.0012
- Subject:
- Business and Management, HRM / IR
This chapter examines how the courts have addressed proselytizing in public sector workplaces. Employer intervention in the attempts by one or more employees to convert coworkers or proselytize ...
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This chapter examines how the courts have addressed proselytizing in public sector workplaces. Employer intervention in the attempts by one or more employees to convert coworkers or proselytize customers or clients has become more common as members of fundamentalist, evangelical, and other religious groups have become more emboldened to persuade coworkers and others to accept their religious beliefs and practices. This chapter considers the conflict that may arise between employers and employees when the latter assert their right to proselytize, citing the First Amendment's free exercise and establishment clauses. It also explains who between the employer or the employee prevails in such conflicts by discussing a number of court cases, such as those involving Franklin Baz, Phillip Bishop, John Peloza, Jo Ann Knight, Eugene Lumpkin, and Monte Tucker. Finally, it asks whether there are circumstances that allow employee proselytization in public sector workplaces.Less
This chapter examines how the courts have addressed proselytizing in public sector workplaces. Employer intervention in the attempts by one or more employees to convert coworkers or proselytize customers or clients has become more common as members of fundamentalist, evangelical, and other religious groups have become more emboldened to persuade coworkers and others to accept their religious beliefs and practices. This chapter considers the conflict that may arise between employers and employees when the latter assert their right to proselytize, citing the First Amendment's free exercise and establishment clauses. It also explains who between the employer or the employee prevails in such conflicts by discussing a number of court cases, such as those involving Franklin Baz, Phillip Bishop, John Peloza, Jo Ann Knight, Eugene Lumpkin, and Monte Tucker. Finally, it asks whether there are circumstances that allow employee proselytization in public sector workplaces.
Alec Ryrie
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199565726
- eISBN:
- 9780191750731
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199565726.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter considers the collective domestic experience of Protestant piety. Family prayers were supposed to have been said collectively at least twice a day, led by the head of the household. The ...
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This chapter considers the collective domestic experience of Protestant piety. Family prayers were supposed to have been said collectively at least twice a day, led by the head of the household. The contents and nature of these prayers is examined, in particular the recurrence of both conformist and subversive political messages in them; and the varied evidence for actual practice is also examined. The chapter also includes an analysis of the use of table-graces and of other mealtime pieties, which argues that these owed as much to social positioning as to piety. And, just as family prayers were often not led by a male head of household, defying gender roles, table-graces were often said by children. The chapter also considers the practice of godly conference in the household, and the vexed problem of how to socialise with sinners – with particular attention to the daunting prospect of proselytising them.Less
This chapter considers the collective domestic experience of Protestant piety. Family prayers were supposed to have been said collectively at least twice a day, led by the head of the household. The contents and nature of these prayers is examined, in particular the recurrence of both conformist and subversive political messages in them; and the varied evidence for actual practice is also examined. The chapter also includes an analysis of the use of table-graces and of other mealtime pieties, which argues that these owed as much to social positioning as to piety. And, just as family prayers were often not led by a male head of household, defying gender roles, table-graces were often said by children. The chapter also considers the practice of godly conference in the household, and the vexed problem of how to socialise with sinners – with particular attention to the daunting prospect of proselytising them.
Mathijs Pelkmans
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501705137
- eISBN:
- 9781501708381
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501705137.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines Tablighi techniques that are intended to make and keep ideas relevant, believable, and embodied. Tablighi Jamaat is a conservative Islamic piety movement that has made ...
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This chapter examines Tablighi techniques that are intended to make and keep ideas relevant, believable, and embodied. Tablighi Jamaat is a conservative Islamic piety movement that has made significant inroads into Kyrgyzstan since the 1990s. Movements such as the Tablighi Jamaat recognize the pulsating quality of faith and have devised their own strategies to combat the dissipation of conviction. Their central energizing practice is called dawat, or proselytizing tour. This chapter first provides a background on dawatchis (participants in dawat, or “travelers”) in Kyrgyzstan before discussing the “route there,” which sets in motion a process of detachment and separation from everyday life that allows for the formation of communitas. It also considers the importance of storytelling to the success of dawat.Less
This chapter examines Tablighi techniques that are intended to make and keep ideas relevant, believable, and embodied. Tablighi Jamaat is a conservative Islamic piety movement that has made significant inroads into Kyrgyzstan since the 1990s. Movements such as the Tablighi Jamaat recognize the pulsating quality of faith and have devised their own strategies to combat the dissipation of conviction. Their central energizing practice is called dawat, or proselytizing tour. This chapter first provides a background on dawatchis (participants in dawat, or “travelers”) in Kyrgyzstan before discussing the “route there,” which sets in motion a process of detachment and separation from everyday life that allows for the formation of communitas. It also considers the importance of storytelling to the success of dawat.
J. B. Haws
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199897643
- eISBN:
- 9780199369676
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199897643.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The relationship between conservative, evangelical Protestants and Latter-day Saints had long been adversarial. For decades evangelicals had regarded Mormonism as something other than a Christian ...
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The relationship between conservative, evangelical Protestants and Latter-day Saints had long been adversarial. For decades evangelicals had regarded Mormonism as something other than a Christian religion. Yet what happened in the 1980s seemed different, in tone and tactics—especially considering the success of the film The God Makers. Why did familiar anti-Mormon charges gain wider traction in the 1980s? In the search for souls Latter-day Saints and evangelicals had long been competitors; an added complication in 1980 was that those most opposed to Latter-day Saint theology were also those most interested in securing positions of national political influence. Just as the Christian Right was on the rise, so too was the number of new Mormons in the South and the Midwest—America’s evangelical heartland. It was, as Newsweek said, a “turf war,” with implications for both proselytizing and political alliances.Less
The relationship between conservative, evangelical Protestants and Latter-day Saints had long been adversarial. For decades evangelicals had regarded Mormonism as something other than a Christian religion. Yet what happened in the 1980s seemed different, in tone and tactics—especially considering the success of the film The God Makers. Why did familiar anti-Mormon charges gain wider traction in the 1980s? In the search for souls Latter-day Saints and evangelicals had long been competitors; an added complication in 1980 was that those most opposed to Latter-day Saint theology were also those most interested in securing positions of national political influence. Just as the Christian Right was on the rise, so too was the number of new Mormons in the South and the Midwest—America’s evangelical heartland. It was, as Newsweek said, a “turf war,” with implications for both proselytizing and political alliances.
Arvind Sharma
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195665857
- eISBN:
- 9780199082025
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195665857.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration
This chapter analyses religious freedom as a universal human right. It argues that, in order to be truly universal, the concept of freedom of religion must take the Asian religious experience more ...
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This chapter analyses religious freedom as a universal human right. It argues that, in order to be truly universal, the concept of freedom of religion must take the Asian religious experience more comprehensively into account. Furthermore, the right to convert from one’s religion, as an expression of freedom must also be accompanied by an equally clear enunciation of the right to retain one’s religion. A contribution of Hindu thought to the discourse on human rights is to draw attention to the fact that whether religious freedom is ensured or not will depend on the rules of engagement depending on whether the parties involved are: (i) proselytizing religions, that is, Islam and Christianity; (ii) non-proselytizing religions, that is, Hinduism and Judaism; or (iii) proselytizing and non-proselytizing religions, that is, Christianity and Hinduism. The chapter advances three propositions based on Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Less
This chapter analyses religious freedom as a universal human right. It argues that, in order to be truly universal, the concept of freedom of religion must take the Asian religious experience more comprehensively into account. Furthermore, the right to convert from one’s religion, as an expression of freedom must also be accompanied by an equally clear enunciation of the right to retain one’s religion. A contribution of Hindu thought to the discourse on human rights is to draw attention to the fact that whether religious freedom is ensured or not will depend on the rules of engagement depending on whether the parties involved are: (i) proselytizing religions, that is, Islam and Christianity; (ii) non-proselytizing religions, that is, Hinduism and Judaism; or (iii) proselytizing and non-proselytizing religions, that is, Christianity and Hinduism. The chapter advances three propositions based on Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Fallou Ngom
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- February 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190657543
- eISBN:
- 9780190657574
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190657543.003.0007
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
Wherever there have been significant numbers of Muslims outside of Arabia, there has been some Ajami literacy. This is because Ajami results from the spread of Islam and its accompanying Arabic ...
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Wherever there have been significant numbers of Muslims outside of Arabia, there has been some Ajami literacy. This is because Ajami results from the spread of Islam and its accompanying Arabic script. Just as the Latin script was adapted for some languages when Christianity was adopted by many cultures, Islam also introduced the Arabic script to sub-Saharan Africa and was modified to write numerous African languages. The techniques used in contemporary Ajami writings are ancient. The Arabic script itself is believed to have resulted from analogous techniques applied to the ancient Aramaic script. This chapter shows how dual literacies in Arabic and Ajami have spread in West Africa as the result of the expansion of Islam and its Quranic education system, proselytizing, and the circulation of people and texts.Less
Wherever there have been significant numbers of Muslims outside of Arabia, there has been some Ajami literacy. This is because Ajami results from the spread of Islam and its accompanying Arabic script. Just as the Latin script was adapted for some languages when Christianity was adopted by many cultures, Islam also introduced the Arabic script to sub-Saharan Africa and was modified to write numerous African languages. The techniques used in contemporary Ajami writings are ancient. The Arabic script itself is believed to have resulted from analogous techniques applied to the ancient Aramaic script. This chapter shows how dual literacies in Arabic and Ajami have spread in West Africa as the result of the expansion of Islam and its Quranic education system, proselytizing, and the circulation of people and texts.
Rebecca Y. Kim
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199942107
- eISBN:
- 9780190202743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199942107.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter focuses on the story of UBF missionaries and examines why Korean evangelicals pursued missions in America and why they were particularly interested in proselytizing white Americans. It ...
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This chapter focuses on the story of UBF missionaries and examines why Korean evangelicals pursued missions in America and why they were particularly interested in proselytizing white Americans. It argues that South Korea’s neocolonial linkages with the United States and its Christians opened the doors for the Korean missionaries to come to America, the nation known to Koreans as the “great nation” and “the land where dreams come true.” The Korean missionaries also framed the United States, as do other global South missionaries, as a “Christian” nation in trouble that they needed to revive. It is also argued that much of the missionaries’ enthusiasm to revive America, the “modern Rome,” was part of hyper-Korean evangelicals’ drive for personal and national uplift—to transition from “rice Christians” to history makers on the world stage.Less
This chapter focuses on the story of UBF missionaries and examines why Korean evangelicals pursued missions in America and why they were particularly interested in proselytizing white Americans. It argues that South Korea’s neocolonial linkages with the United States and its Christians opened the doors for the Korean missionaries to come to America, the nation known to Koreans as the “great nation” and “the land where dreams come true.” The Korean missionaries also framed the United States, as do other global South missionaries, as a “Christian” nation in trouble that they needed to revive. It is also argued that much of the missionaries’ enthusiasm to revive America, the “modern Rome,” was part of hyper-Korean evangelicals’ drive for personal and national uplift—to transition from “rice Christians” to history makers on the world stage.
Rebecca Y. Kim
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199942107
- eISBN:
- 9780190202743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199942107.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the mission ethos of the hyper-Korean evangelical missionaries who came to the U.S. from the 1970s to revitalize America. It delves into what the Korean missionaries had to ...
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This chapter examines the mission ethos of the hyper-Korean evangelical missionaries who came to the U.S. from the 1970s to revitalize America. It delves into what the Korean missionaries had to offer in terms of their faith that a predominately Christian nation did not already have. It argues that the Korean missionaries in America likened themselves as spiritual soldiers and came to the U.S. equipped with a “soldier spirit” to evangelize Americans. As mid-twentieth-century Koreans from the “underside of history,” the Korean missionaries did not have more worldly power and authority than the Americans they sought to proselytize. They did, however, have an abundance of evangelical zeal and spiritual fervor—a hyper-Korean evangelical “soldier spirit.” A “soldier spirit,” bolstered by a mission-centered military-like organization, is what the hyper-Korean evangelicals transported to America to spiritually revitalize the “history-maker” nation.Less
This chapter examines the mission ethos of the hyper-Korean evangelical missionaries who came to the U.S. from the 1970s to revitalize America. It delves into what the Korean missionaries had to offer in terms of their faith that a predominately Christian nation did not already have. It argues that the Korean missionaries in America likened themselves as spiritual soldiers and came to the U.S. equipped with a “soldier spirit” to evangelize Americans. As mid-twentieth-century Koreans from the “underside of history,” the Korean missionaries did not have more worldly power and authority than the Americans they sought to proselytize. They did, however, have an abundance of evangelical zeal and spiritual fervor—a hyper-Korean evangelical “soldier spirit.” A “soldier spirit,” bolstered by a mission-centered military-like organization, is what the hyper-Korean evangelicals transported to America to spiritually revitalize the “history-maker” nation.
Rebecca Y. Kim
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199942107
- eISBN:
- 9780190202743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199942107.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines how the Korean missionaries evangelized Americans. It argues that Korean missionaries sacrificed intensely and practiced a “theology of sacrifice” to make their cross-racial ...
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This chapter examines how the Korean missionaries evangelized Americans. It argues that Korean missionaries sacrificed intensely and practiced a “theology of sacrifice” to make their cross-racial evangelism in America possible. In a segregated religious marketplace governed by personal choice and comfort, the missionaries sacrificed—they embraced suffering, self-denial, and service to proselytize Americans. In the nation of personal comfort, the “modern-Rome,” hyper-Korean evangelicals from the “underside of history” specialized in excessive sacrifice to make their nondiaspora missions a reality. Korean world Christians evangelized Americans by sacrificing intensely and practicing “a theology from below.”Less
This chapter examines how the Korean missionaries evangelized Americans. It argues that Korean missionaries sacrificed intensely and practiced a “theology of sacrifice” to make their cross-racial evangelism in America possible. In a segregated religious marketplace governed by personal choice and comfort, the missionaries sacrificed—they embraced suffering, self-denial, and service to proselytize Americans. In the nation of personal comfort, the “modern-Rome,” hyper-Korean evangelicals from the “underside of history” specialized in excessive sacrifice to make their nondiaspora missions a reality. Korean world Christians evangelized Americans by sacrificing intensely and practicing “a theology from below.”
Uriya Shavit
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- December 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198757238
- eISBN:
- 9780191817168
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198757238.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter examines the evolution of distinct wasaṭī and salafī approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-Muslima and their institutionalization and popularization, with special attention given to their ...
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This chapter examines the evolution of distinct wasaṭī and salafī approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-Muslima and their institutionalization and popularization, with special attention given to their contesting understanding of facilitation and integration.Less
This chapter examines the evolution of distinct wasaṭī and salafī approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-Muslima and their institutionalization and popularization, with special attention given to their contesting understanding of facilitation and integration.
