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Reflections on Decoloniality from a South African Indian Perspective: Conceptual Metaphors in Vivekananda's Poem "My Play Is Done"
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Naicker, Suren – Education as Change, 2020
Swami Vivekananda was an influential Indian saint, poet, philosopher and political revolutionary. His work can be seen as a conduit for South African Hindus who are part of the Indian diaspora, allowing them to connect with their historical, cultural and spiritual roots in the religious and conceptual world of India. The first step to decolonising…
Descriptors: Poetry, Figurative Language, Indians, Religious Cultural Groups
Religion as an External Determinant of the Education Systems of the BRICS Member Countries: A Comparative Study
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de Kock, Fleetwood Jerry; de Beer, Zacharias Louw; Wolhuter, Charl C.; Potgieter, Ferdinand Jacobus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
Various internal and external determinants influence an education system. External determinants include language, demographics, geography, technology, politics, and financial and economic trends. Religion is also one of these external determinants that can influence an education system, as well as the education systems of the. The BRICS member…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Transformative Conflict Mediation in Multi-Faith Schools in South Africa
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Nthontho, M. A. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Contradictions and contestations with regard to the implementation of religion policies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Research suggest an increasing number of costly and protracted court and legislative battles between schools and parents over religion in schools. In this article, I aim to highlight some of the conflicting issues that need…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Conflict Resolution, Religious Cultural Groups, Conflict
Teaching about Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Work Curriculum: Perspectives of Social Work Educators
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Pandya, Samta P. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have an important presence in contemporary civil society and have gained further prominence through their repertoire of social welfare and services. This study engaged social work educators (n = 316) across nine countries to examine their perceptions of including discourses on faith and FBOs in the social work…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Religious Cultural Groups, Churches
The Prevalence of the Middle-Eastern Extreme Ideologies among Some Canadians
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Loza, Wagdy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
A total of 183 Canadian participants of different religious backgrounds completed the Belief Diversity Scale (BDS). The BDS is an 80-item, 6-subscale instrument designed to quantitatively measure the religious attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies of Middle-Eastern extremists' on risk areas that are reported in the literature. The results…
Descriptors: Incidence, Ideology, North Americans, Foreign Countries
The Prevalence of Extreme Middle Eastern Ideologies around the World
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Loza, Wagdy; Abd-El-Fatah, Youssef; Prinsloo, Johan; Hesselink-Louw, Anni; Seidler, Katie – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The Belief Diversity Scale (BDS) was administered to Australian, Canadian, Egyptian, and South African participants of different religious backgrounds. The BDS is a 33-item, six subscale instrument that is designed to quantitatively measure Middle Eastern extremist ideologies on risk areas that are reported in the literature. Results demonstrated…
Descriptors: Incidence, Ideology, Measures (Individuals), Religious Cultural Groups
Socioreligious Semantic Space in Small Nonconformist Communities: A South African Study.
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Stones, Christopher R. – Small Group Behavior, 1988
Examined the structure of semantic space (Evaluative-Potency-Activity) among four socioreligious communities in South Africa: Jesus People, Hare Krishna Devotees; Maharaj Ji Premies; and Catholic Seminarians. Found significant differences among all groups, particularly in semantic structure between the Jesus People and the Hare Krishna groups; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Religion, Religious Cultural Groups