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Querida Panamá: Carta Pastoral sobre Ecología Integral

Conferencia Episcopal Panameña

Panamá: Panorama Católico (2024), 11 pp.

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The Federal Government’s Third Report on the Global Status of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Reporting period 2020–2022
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Frank Schwabe et al.

Bonn; Berlin: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Federal Government Commissioner for Freedom of Religion or Belief (2023), 207 pp.

"Freedom of religion or belief is an essential human right. Not a superordinate right, but not a marginal right either. It is closely intertwined with other rights such as freedom of opinion or assembly, or the right to be protected against discrimination. And that is the objective of my efforts: to ... embed this right firmly at the centre of the human rights agenda. There is still a long way to go to achieve this [...] This report is about advancing the debate and it also enters new territory. It builds on the work done by my predecessor, Markus Grübel, but there are also some aspects where the report has been developed further. This is also reflected in the number of focus countries, which has been increased from 30 to 41. The German Parliament, the Bundestag, had asked for the country section to be expanded, and we were happy to comply with that request. Enlarging the range of countries covered by the report provides an opportunity to do two things at once: offer a regular report on developments in individual regions, and expand the focus in the light of new challenges. Among the focus countries that have been added this year are Armenia, Belarus, Guatemala, the Central African Republic, Lebanon, the Maldives and Syria. For some of them, the decision to add them was taken in the light of recent developments. With these aims in mind, the report will continue to be submitted at regular intervals as intended by the Bundestag, building on a solid basis of data and information. The report explores new ground above all with its thematic focus on the freedom of religion or belief of Indigenous peoples. There are about 5,000 such groups of people worldwide, with an estimated total population of more than 470 million. With this focus our report ties in with a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, developing the topic further. In the process of drafting the report, I realised that we are doing pioneering work, because there was and still is the belief that Indigenous spirituality has nothing to do with freedom of religion or belief. The report provides an opportunity to look in a different way at conflicts over land and infrastructure that involve Indigenous communities. And to develop an understanding that often such conflicts are not just about resources but in fact have to do with Indigenous peoples’ belief that all natural things have a spirit or soul. My personal learning curve on this topic is closely connected with Indigenous communities in Guatemala and my experiences with conflictual infrastructure projects. When I visited Guatemala many years ago, I had difficulty understanding why people staged fierce and violent protests against small-scale hydropower plants that were actually environmentally friendly. Today I know that the areas surrounding a small river were regarded as important spiritual places, with Indigenous communities believing that the forest had a soul, and that interfering with nature there without giving any thought to the spiritual implications was not acceptable." (Preface, page 2) more

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Religious Environmental Activism: Emerging Conflicts and Tensions in Earth Stewardship

Jens Köhrsen, Julia Blanc, Fabian Huber (eds.)

Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (2023), xii, 327 pp.

"This volume explores how religious and spiritual actors engage for environmental protection and fight against climate change. Climate change and sustainability are increasingly prominent topics among religious and spiritual groups. Different faith traditions have developed "green" theologies, launc ... more

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African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change

Ezra Chitando, Ernst M. Conradie, Susan M. Kilonzo (eds.)

Routledge (2022), xi, 241 pp.

"This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith ... more

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Religion and Environmental Flourishing: Reflections from the Pandemic Experience

Anthony Le Duc (ed.)

Religion and Social Communication, volume 20, issue 2 (2022), pp. 175-368

"The contributions in the form of research articles and essays come from a variety of religious perspectives – Buddhist, Catholic, Muslim, Jain, Hindu, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox. Despite coming from different religious worldviews, the underlying message fundamentally affirms that promoting ecol ... more

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Nachsynodales Apostolisches Schreiben 'Querida Amazonia' von Papst Franziskus an das Volk Gottes und an alle Menschen guten Willens

Franziskus (Papst)

Bonn: Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz (2020), 158 pp.

"Ich träume von einem Amazonien, das für die Rechte der Ärmsten, der ursprünglichen (autochthonen) Völker, der Geringsten kämpft, wo ihre Stimme gehört und ihre Würde gefördert wird. Ich träume von einem Amazonien, das seinen charakteristischen kulturellen Reichtum bewahrt, wo auf so unter ... more

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Amazonien: Neue Wege für die Kirche und für eine ganzheitliche Ökologie. Instrumentum Laboris

Markus Büker, Martina Fornet Ponse

Vatican City: Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica (2019), 112 pp.

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Sustainable Development Goals in the Asian Context

Jan Servaes (ed.)

Singapore: Springer (2017), xxiv, 174 pp.

"Chapters are extended works of papers presented at Communication/Culture and The Sustainable Development Goals (CCSDG): Challenges for a New Generation, an international conference held in Chiang Mai University in December 2015. The chapters address assessments of Millennium Development Goals in se ... more

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Partner für den Wandel: Religionen und nachhaltige Entwicklung

Khushwant Singh (ed.)

Bonn: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2016), 21 pp.

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Media, Spiritualities and Social Change

Stewart M. Hoover, Monica Emerich (eds.)

London; New York: Continuum (2011), ix, 262 pp.

"Bringing together scholarly perspectives from around the world and across disciplines, the authors explore how 'spiritualities' express themselves through and with media - from television to Internet, from fashion to art murals - as socially transforming voices and practices. The very fluidity of t ... more

The Federal Government’s Third Report on the Global Status of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Reporting period 2020–2022 Deep Insights

The Federal Government’s Third Report on the Global Status of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Reporting period 2020–2022
Deep Insights