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Conference: : Global African Spiritualities and Social Transformation (Nairobi, 22-25 July 2010) |
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Politics, Poverty and Prayer: Global African Spiritualities and Social
Transformation
Nairobi, Kenya
July 22-25, 2010
Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST)
http://www.nairobiconference.org/NairobiConference/Home.html
This International Conference is a unique forum intended to bring
together scholars, researchers, practitioners of diverse religious
traditions and spiritualities, and policy makers for intellectual
exchange and dialogue. Academics and representatives of
religious/spiritual communities and organisations drawn from Africa, the
Caribbean, North & South America, Europe and the Middle East will
explore interrelated issues on religion, spirituality, social capital,
public role, definitions of and measures towards combating poverty.
The production of religious and spiritual synergies forms a key focus,
particularly in how and what consequences the interaction and
competition between religious traditions in Africa and the African
Diaspora can be within the social arena. Competition and synergy of
spiritualities can actually produce movements of social service such as
education, clinics, poverty alleviation schemes, sustainable development
as they seek to hold market share and sustain relevance.
First, the conference will provide a platform in which researchers on
African and African-derived religions and spiritualities encounter
practitioners of religious traditions and communities firsthand. The
conference will serve as a laboratory in which scholars/researchers can
test their hypotheses and/or present research findings on respective
groups, with corresponding feedback from the practitioners themselves.
Second, the conference attempts to stimulate and foster a common
dialogue, by gathering people with diverse research expertise on the one
hand, and practitioners with varied religious/spiritual backgrounds on
the other, to highlight and explore how and to what extent African and
diaspora religious traditions and spiritualities may cohere on the
critical issues which confront the African continent, their faiths in
relation to the wider, global community.
It is envisaged that the Conference will provide rich information on
beliefs and practices of religious/spiritual traditions and how they
impact on their communities and the larger society. It is intended to
build synergies and forge dialogue on how religious/spiritual
communities in Africa and the African Diaspora can combat poverty and
foster sustainable development.
The conference programme shall focus on the following and related
sub-themes:
1. Religion, spiritualities and sustainable development in Africa and
the African Diaspora
2. Religion/spiritualities, their definitions and alleviation of poverty
3. Religion, spirituality and politics
4. Religion/spirituality, science and technology
5. Religious, spiritual, cultural identities
6. New approaches to interfaith dialogue and coexistence
7. Religion, spirituality and African politico-economies
8. Religion, spirituality, social capital and public role
9. Religion and war, violence, conflict resolution and management
10. Religion, spiritualities and health
11. Ethics, socio-cultural values, and social action
12. African diasporic religions and spiritualities
13. African and African-derived religions and spiritualities in a new
global order
More information about the conference and conference presenters can be
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