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Litigating The Limits Of Religion: Minority And Majority Concerns About Institutional Religious Liberty In India, Chad Bauman
Litigating The Limits Of Religion: Minority And Majority Concerns About Institutional Religious Liberty In India, Chad Bauman
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Western religious liberty advocates tend to focus on restrictions placed on minority religious communities, particularly when advocating abroad, that is, outside of the country in which they reside. In all contemporary democracies, however, adherents of religious majorities also express concerns about religious liberty. For this reason, the article considers both minority and majority concerns about institutional religious freedom in India. This essay provides an overview of religious freedom issues, with a particular focus on institutions, though, as I acknowledge, it is not always simple to distinguish individual from institutional matters of religious freedom. After describing various minority and majority concerns …
Adventist Church Leadership And Religious Liberty In India: Impact On Mission And Ministry, Santosh Kumar
Adventist Church Leadership And Religious Liberty In India: Impact On Mission And Ministry, Santosh Kumar
Journal of Adventist Mission Studies
India, consisting of several diverse communities, operates on various religious sentiments, norms, expectations, cultures, and worldviews. Each culture and worldview developed, nurtured, and was organized in a community that recognized the importance of religious tolerance—tolerances that keep India united and yet diverse. Religious tolerance in India respects and allows the various religions to exist and practice within the same community.1 However, if this norm is broken, the resulting actions can result in unexpected consequences. There are several cases where tolerance was breached due to religious standards, views, or beliefs, causing chaos in a community.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has become …
A Mentoring Model: A Leadership Style For Seventh-Day Adventists In Southern Asia, Clifmond L. Shameerudeen
A Mentoring Model: A Leadership Style For Seventh-Day Adventists In Southern Asia, Clifmond L. Shameerudeen
Journal of Adventist Mission Studies
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in India has been commissioned by God to be a witness to the 1.3 billion people in India of whom 80% are from a Hindu background. After a hundred years, the Southern Asian Division has a membership of 1.5 million people. There are many reasons to celebrate the success of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in India, particularly the success of the Adventist school system and the health care provided by the health institutions. However, the organization that is responsible for leading South Asians to Jesus Christ may not be able to celebrate the same success as …
Relevant Methods And Strategies For Successful Church Planting In Hyderabad, India, Patrick Dommati
Relevant Methods And Strategies For Successful Church Planting In Hyderabad, India, Patrick Dommati
ATS Dissertations
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Kandhamal Riot 2008 : Its Impact On Current And Future Christian Community, Lalit Kumar Nayak
Kandhamal Riot 2008 : Its Impact On Current And Future Christian Community, Lalit Kumar Nayak
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.