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Cyster, Chantall, and Oghenere Salubi. "Knowledge Management Practices in a Religious Organisation in South Africa." European Conference on Knowledge Management 23, no. 1 (2022): 252–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eckm.23.1.609.
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Knowledge Management has developed over the years into a mainstream organisational necessity to achieve success and organisational effectiveness. Religious organisations are one of the most producers of knowledge. In many parts of Africa, several Pentecostal churches are established regularly, especially in crowded informal settlements. The knowledge conversion model was utilised to assess the knowledge management practices at a Pentecostal church in an informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa. The objectives of the study were to examine the awareness and uptake of KM in the religious organisations, determine the level of openness of the members and leaders to knowledge sharing and conversion as well as assess how religious organisations leverage knowledge conversion and KM practices in achieving their goals in spreading the gospel and to enhance their community services. The church leadership and adult members of the church constituted the study population. The findings of this study revealed that the level of awareness and uptake of KM was very low because there was no documented training as well as responsible individuals responsible for the management of knowledge. Tacit knowledge is being shared informally through dialogue communication and religious meetings. However, this knowledge is not formally extracted, documented, or converted into explicit knowledge for organisational productivity, further sharing and future reuse. Although some of the leaders were not keen on knowing explicitly managed and shared in the organisation, religious members thought it is very important for knowledge to be documented and shared. Furthermore, as knowledge sharing is not prioritised within the organisation, the goal of spreading the gospel and to enhance their community services was found to be sluggish. The study developed a conceptual model for implementing knowledge management in Pentecostal religious organisations.
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Morgan, Huw. "Religion, Religious Organisations and Development: Scrutinising religious perceptions and organisations." Christian Journal for Global Health 1, no. 2 (2014): 95–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v1i2.41.
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Akpan, Etop Okon, Philomena Effiong Umoren, and Mbuk Mboho. "Assessment of Religious Organisations’ Corporate Social Responsibility During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the South-South Nigeria." Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 12, no. 5 (2024): 19–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/gjahss.2013/vol12n51930.
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This study was designed to assess religious organisation’s corporate social responsibility efforts and the expectations of their members during the COVID-19 lockdown in the South-South Nigeria. The objectives of this study, among others, were find out the expectations of religious organisations and their corporate social responsibility in conflict/emergency situations. It was hypothesised that the corporate social responsibility initiatives of religious organisations had a positive influence on their corporate image and there is a significant relationship between the corporate social responsibility of religious organisations in South-South Nigeria, during the lockdown and the new membership enrolment. The Hypotheses were tested using the using the Cronbach Alpha on Statistical Packages for Social Science. The study adopted the Stakeholders, System theories as it theoretical bases. The descriptive survey research method was adopted with the questionnaire as the research instrument. The South-South region of Nigeria constituted the population of the study while a simple size of 400 respondents from the Taro Yamane formula were selected. However, 381 questionnaire were returned and certified as appropriate for the study. The study adopted the proportional sampling techniques. The findings of the study revealed that a majority of the respondents (57) percent received assistance from various religious organisations during the lockdown though there were significant disparities in their areas of interest. The study concluded that the CRS initiatives of the religious organisation positively influenced their images and fostered a sense of care and compassion which led to new member enrolment. It was thus recommended among others that religious organisations should improve the timeliness of their support during emergencies while such initiatives should be carried out with more transparency.
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Izotova, Elena N. "The Interaction between Government Authorities and Religious Organizations. Ways of Further Improvement." Administrative law and procedure 2 (February 24, 2022): 52–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/2071-1166-2022-2-52-55.
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The article is devoted to the study of cooperation between State government bodies and religious organisations. The author consideres civil provisions of religious organisations, control methods over their activities, basic methods of communication of this type of non-profit organisation with government entities. Relevant standards of Russian legislation are reviewed and measures for its improvement are proposed.
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Lawrence, Neal. "Designing Educational Organisation in a Christian Context." Journal of Education and Christian Belief 2, no. 2 (1998): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/205699719800200206.
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IS IT NECESSARY or even possible to design educational organisation after a distinctly Christian pattern? How Christian an organisation is surely depends on more than attaching the label ‘Christian’ or even the carrying out of a Christian mission. There is perhaps an unspoken assumption by Christians that when they organise to carry out a Christian purpose, they will inevitably do so in a Christian way. Ultimately, all Christian organisations have an educating agenda of some sort, ranging from formal school education to a multiplicity of other educating activities. But is a Christian oganisational framework innately present in the carrying out of a Christian educational purpose? This paper explores these issues through several metaphorical perspectives on organisations and seeks to identify some elements of a useable organisational framework for Christian schools.
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Andhika Putri Maulani, Khasiatun Amaliyah, Ismi Zakiyah, and Nailatus Zahro. "Meninjau Gerakan Moderasi Beragama pada Organisasi Sipil." Panangkaran: Jurnal Penelitian Agama dan Masyarakat 7, no. 1 (2023): 91–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/panangkaran.v7i1.3128.
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One of the strategic agents of religious moderation is university student organisations. This research discusses student organisations interfaith in Semarang City. The approach used here is the functional structural theory by Talcott Parson regarding civil organisations as a social system in society. Through this approach, researchers aim to examine the role of student organisations in Semarang in implementing the values of religious moderation. This research shows that student organisations in Semarang reflect a diverse vision of religious moderation. From the study of six organisations including PMII, HMI, KAMMI, GMNI, IMM, and PMKRI, researchers formulate models of religious moderation movement in these student organisations, namely, (1) Through the student interfaith discussion forum which emphasises the provision of facilities and forums given to students in implementing the values of religious moderation; (2) Through the public interfaith forum reaches out the general public through various activities that integrated the value of religious moderation and social movements; (3) Through the Orientation of Organisational Movement, the role and function of the organisation, both through works program, vision and mission with concerns towards implementing and practising religious moderation. This research is qualitative and uses the descriptive-analytical method. The data of the research are presented in descriptive form. [Salah satu agen strategis moderasi beragama adalah organisasi kemahasiswan. Penelitian ini membahas organisasi kemahasiswaan lintas agama di Kota Semarang. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah teori struktural fungsional yang dikembangkan oleh Talcott Parson tentang organisasi masyarakat sebagai suatu sistem sosial dalam masyarakat. Melalui pendekatan ini, peneliti hendak menelaah peran organisasi kemahasiswaan di Semarang dalam mengimplementasikan nilai-nilai moderasi beragama. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa organisasi-organisasi kemahasiswaan di Kota Semarang memiliki visi yang beragam tentang moderasi beragama. Dari telaah pada 6 organisasi yang meliputi PMII, HMI, KAMMI, GMNI, IMM, dan PMKRI, penulis merumuskan model-model gerakan moderasi beragama pada organisasi kemahasiswaan tersebut, di antaranya, (1) Melalui forum diskusi lintas agama (Linag) Mahasiswa yang menekankan pada penyediaan sarana maupun forum yang diberikan kepada mahasiswa dalam mengimplementasikan nilai-nilai moderasi beragama; (2) Melalui forum kegiatan lintas agama (Linag) Umum yang menjangkau masyarakat umum lewat berbagai kegiatan yang mengintegrasikan nilai moderasi beragama dan gerakan sosial; (3) Melalui Arah Gerak Organisasi, yakni melalui peran serta fungsi organisasi, baik melalui program-program kerja, visi dan misi dengan konsen yang beorientasi pada mengimplementasikan maupun pengamalan moderasi beragama. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif yang menggunakan metode deskriptif-analitis. Data-data penelitian yang diperoleh disajikan dalam bentuk deskriptif.]
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Słaboń, Andrzej. "Konflikty w organizacjach wielokulturowych." Krakow Review of Economics and Management/Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, no. 917 (December 16, 2015): 21–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.15678/krem.727.
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The article analyses the impact of cultural differentiation on the causes and dynamics of social conflicts in organisations. Cultural differentiations are an important factor in social interpretation processes and when constructing a definition of a situation, and are therefore a source of disagreement and social conflict among employees. On the other hand, cultural differences can make social mobilisation difficult and decrease the probability of open conflicts occurring even in the face of strong deprivation. It is important to recognise ways in which organisations protect themselves against inner conflict due to ethnic, national and religious differences. An organisation's culture and code of "political correctness" seem to be important factors in this context. The article shows different types of multicultural organisations and analyses the impact organisational structure has on the causes and course of conflicts. The simultaneous occurrence of cultural differentiation and deprivation in the sphere of authority are main circumstances that generate social conflict in multicultural organisations.
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Fogg, Kevin W. "Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations." Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 37, no. 1 (2018): 117–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810341803700105.
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Many studies of Islam in Indonesia have focused on the mass Islamic organisations that form the backbone of civil society and Indonesian religious life. However, studies of these organisations have not appreciated the central place of charisma amid their bureaucratic features. This article looks at the case of Alkhairaat, a mass Islamic organisation headquartered in Central Sulawesi but spread throughout eastern Indonesia, as a bureaucracy built to reinforce and perpetuate the charisma of its founder, Sayyid Idrus bin Salim al-Jufri. The case of Alkhairaat demonstrates how mass Islamic organisations in Indonesia bureaucratise Islam but also, in doing this, defy the broader trend of legalisation. Instead, the on-going veneration of the founder's charisma helps to make sense of the continuing attention to supernatural occurrences among traditionalist Indonesian Muslims and the power of organisational leaders over their followers.
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Cletus, Helen Eboh, Nor Asiah Mahmood, Abubakar Umar, and Ahmed Doko Ibrahim. "Prospects and Challenges of Workplace Diversity in Modern Day Organizations: A Critical Review." HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration 9, no. 2 (2018): 35–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hjbpa-2018-0011.
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Abstract Workplace diversity (WPD) is a holistic concept that denotes the differences that exist between people working within an organisation. It describes the complex physical, sociological or psychological attributes such as gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs that define an individual or group. Therefore, WPD transcends the recruitment, representation or preferential treatment of people within an organisation. The complexity of WPD has become one of the most challenging issues currently of critical importance in business and organisational management. Therefore, the paper presents the critical issues currently impacting on WPD in modern day organisations. It identified and highlighted the various prospects and challenges of WPD. The results revealed that diversity in the workplace enhances the critical thinking, problem-solving, and employee professional skills. Furthermore, it enables organisations to attract talent, improve corporate attractiveness, productivity. However, it is currently hampered by the hostility, disrespect and discrimination people with diverse background encounter in the workplace. Such behavioural attitudes as ascribed to prejudices and biases towards people with varied lifestyle choices, ethnic and cultural differences, disabilities, and generational gaps. These factors can stifle morale, teamwork, profitability and the attractiveness of the organisation. Consequently, modern day organisations need to address the causes of these issues to exploit the benefits of WPD. These can be addressed strategies that foster an empowerment culture, build communication and team spirit with organisations. These efforts will promote acceptance, productivity, and profits in future organisations.
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Facal, Gabriel. "Islamic Defenders Front Militia (Front Pembela Islam) and its Impact on Growing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia." TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 8, no. 1 (2019): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/trn.2018.15.
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AbstractThe processes of democratisation and liberalisation initiated during the course of the IndonesianReformasiera (1998-) generated a stronger porosity in the State's frontiers and led to the formation of certain semi-institutionalised organisations. The approaching 2019 presidential elections have enabled these organisations to position themselves as political and moral brokers. The Islamic Defenders Front militia (FPI) appears to be one of the main actors in this process. It has succeeded in imposing itself in the public sphere, channelling political support and utilising extensive media coverage.While avoiding providing direct opposition to the ruling government and the Constitution, this organisation promotes the social morals followed by a large part of the population and encourages radicalism and violent actions in the name of Islam. The organisation collaborates with a section of the regional and national political elites, some sections of the army and police, several groups that are—more or less—criminal in nature, a number of local communities in different areas, and a variety of violent Islamist groups. Thus, it is at the crossroads of multiple political, economic, social, and religious interests.At the same time, the organisation's leaders maintain their own political objectives. They manipulate the dynamics of the electoral decentralised system to their advantage by obtaining political concessions that serve their personal goals. The capacity of the organisation to impose its discourse on the public stage has led to an urgent need to interrogate both the institutional and ideological transformations initiated by the Indonesian decentralisation since 1999.
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Djamal, Samhi Muawan. "Safeguarding National Integrity and Countering Political Divides: A Lesson Learned from Muhammadiyah." Kybernology : Journal of Government Studies 3, no. 1 (2023): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26618/kjgs.v3i1.12129.
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This article explores the perspectives of Muhammadiyah, a prominent Islamic organisation in Indonesia, on the preservation of national unity and the resolution of political fragmentation within the country. This research employs a qualitative methodology, using descriptive analysis, to examine, comprehend, and interpret the perspectives of Muhammadiyah, a religious organisation, about their efforts to uphold national unity and address political fragmentation inside Indonesia. The use of a qualitative method was based on the need to get a thorough knowledge of the organisation's opinions and experiences within a complete framework. The idea of Darul Ahdi Wa Syahadah, Muhammadiyah has shown the significant significance of religion-based organisations in fostering unity amidst intricate political dynamics using value-based methodologies, educational initiatives, interfaith dialogue, and community empowerment. The aforementioned results provide valuable insights for many stakeholders on the possible role of religion-based organisations in maintaining social stability and fostering intercommunity collaboration within a dynamic political environment.
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Bilash, Oleksandr, and Tetyana Karabin. "State Financial Control over Costs of Religious Organisations in Ukraine." Kościół i Prawo 11, no. 2 (2022): 193–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/kip22112.12.
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The article is devoted to the study of issues of state financial control over the activities of religious organizations in Ukraine through the disclosure of the goals to which such control is directed and the state's intervention in the activities of religious organisations. The analysis was carried out in several directions, which are tools of state influence. First of all, it is a legally defined obligation to keep accounting records by a religious organisation and the requirement to submit financial statements as one of the components of state financial control. Secondly, it is a control over the targeted use of funds that religious organisations can and do receive during the implementation of budget programs. Thirdly, it is the state financial control over the activities of economic entities, which are formed by religious organisations (publishing, printing, production, restoration and construction, agricultural and other enterprises). In each of the cases, the subject of the control activity, control activity procedures and goals that must be achieved as a result of the control procedures carried out by the state bodies differ.
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Heroldová, Helena. "The Dragon Robe as the Professional Dress of the Qing Dynasty Scholar-Official (The Náprstek Museum Collection)." Annals of the Náprstek Museum 37, no. 2 (2016): 49–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/anpm-2017-0012.
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Dragon robes were worn by scholar – officials who were members of bureacracy of the Qing dynasty in China (1644–1911). The cut and design of the robes were uniform, but the embellishment and motifs including religious symbols were individual and personal. Dragon robes as a garment with high homogeneity and visibility is compared to the “organisational dress” worn by members of contemporary Western organisations. The meaning of both garments is found to be similar, especially as they convey social roles within the organisation and society.
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Nordin, Magdalena. "Immigrant Language Groups In Religious Organisations." Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 20, no. 01 (2017): 65–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.18261/issn1890-7008-2007-01-04.
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TĂVALĂ, Florina. "FINANCING RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN EUROPEAN UNION." Jurnalul de Studii Juridice 15, no. 3-4 (2020): 01–09. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/jls/15.1-2/70.
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Serious scientific efforts have been made to construct a generally applicable system with a European perspective based on the individual national systems. These have, however, been met with objections on both a political and an administrative level, with countries insisting on the uniqueness of their own national or even regional models. The purpose of the following essay is, however, to determine the common systematic structures and to distinguish tools of financing so general that they need not be associated with Religious Societies only.
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Halemba, Agnieszka. "Emotions and Authority in Religious Organisations." Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 21, no. 1 (2012): 60–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ajec.2012.210105.
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This article reflects on the place of emotionally arousing ex- periences within religious organisations. Using data obtained through participant observation and interviews, it outlines a research approach for investigations of the interrelationships between particular features of religious practices. Those features have been pointed out in many previous anthropo- logical and sociological works, but few works attempted to analyse connections and interdependencies between con- crete features of religious traditions. The present article takes inspiration from contemporary 'modes of religiosity' theory to explore further the relationships between highly emotion- ally arousing religious experiences and centralised religious authority. Going beyond Whitehouse's theory, it is argued that centralised religious organisations can influence the so- cial features of a religious movement through management of emotionality in ritual practice.
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Jahroni, Jahroni, Sanaji Sanaji, Andre Dwijanto Witjaksono, and Anang Kistyanto. "Spiritual Leadership, Religiosity, and Change Management Effectiveness: A Study in Educational Organisations." EDUKASIA: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran 5, no. 1 (2024): 1069–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.62775/edukasia.v5i1.942.
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This study aimed to understand the influence of spiritual leadership and religiosity indicators on the effectiveness of change management in educational organisations as well as how spiritual leadership and religiosity interact in facilitating change in educational organisations. Using a qualitative method with a literature review approach, the study identified themes and patterns from various relevant sources. The results show that spiritual leadership plays an important role in formulating a vision, building a positive culture and increasing the commitment of organisational members. Indicators of religiosity such as individual religious commitment, piety and religious behaviour also contribute to successful change management. The interaction between spiritual leadership and religiosity can facilitate change by creating an environment that supports learning, overcoming resistance, and enhancing the well-being of organisational members
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Bilash, Oleksandr, Tetyana Karabin, and Valeriy Patskan. "Non-state pension funds of religious organisations in Ukraine: Background and factors of influence." Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego 27 (December 18, 2024): 95–109. https://doi.org/10.31743/spw.17610.
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In this article, an attempt is made to reveal the prerequisites for and factors influencing the participation of religious organisations in establishing non-state pension funds in Ukraine. This study is based on the current regulatory framework, economic indicators, and information regarding the practical activities of the only non-state pension fund established by a religious organisation in Ukraine. Moreover, this study analyses the legal, ethical, security, economic, and corporate prerequisites for and factors that influence the formation and operation of church pension funds. In general, the conditions for the development of non-state accumulative pension funds in Ukraine are unfavourable; this is due to the high level of inflation, the backwardness of the financial institutions in the country, and the public distrust of these institutions. However, the positive factors influencing the development of pension funds established by religious organisations include the high performance of the “Pokrova” church fund, the stability of church institutions (which can become a benchmark for citizens in their attitude towards institutions established by religious organisations), and the interest of clergy and religious organisations themselves in the accumulation of clerical pensions (either in addition to the state pension or instead of it). Despite the fact that the practice of establishing such funds is not widespread, they deserve more attention from the state, as they fulfil an important social function - the provision of pension for a specific person (whether a believer, a clergyman, or any other person).
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Wasserman, Varda, and Michal Frenkel. "The politics of (in)visibility displays: Ultra-Orthodox women manoeuvring within and between visibility regimes." Human Relations 73, no. 12 (2019): 1609–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726719879984.
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How does the multiplicity of surveilling gazes affect the experience of employees subjected to a matrix of domination in organisations? Building on a case study of ultra-religious Jewish women in Israeli high-tech organisations, the article demonstrates how the intersectionality of gender and religiosity exposed them to a matrix of contradicting visibility regimes – managerial, peers, and religious community. By displaying their compliance with each visibility regime, they were constructed as hyper-subjugated employees, but simultaneously were able to use (in)visibility as a resource. Specifically, by manoeuvring between the various gazes and playing one visibility regime against the other, they challenged some of the organisational and religious norms that served to marginalise them, yet upheld their status as worthy members of both institutions. Juxtaposing theoretical insights from organisational surveillance and gender studies, the article reveals the role of multiple surveilling gazes in both the reproduction of minorities’ marginalisation, and their ability to mobilise it to maintain their collective identities.
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Ababneh, Hayel, Alex Avramenko, Ahmed Abdullah, and Hasan Aleassa. "Examining the Foundation of Islamic Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in Jordanian Organisations." International Journal of Management and Applied Research 9, no. 1 (2022): 21–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18646/2056.91.22-002.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that religion plays in the working lives of Muslim employees, by exploring the influences of Islamic values on employees Organisational Citizenship Behaviour. This is a largely quantitative study conducted in Jordanian organisations. The study introduces a theoretical model drawing parallels between Organisational Citizenship Behaviour and Islamic Work Ethics. The participants, comprising of employees of Jordanian public and private sectors, have been randomly invited to express their views on the possible penetration of Islamic values in the workplace. A Partial Least Squares approach alongside a bootstrapping technique was used to analyse the data. The validity of the measurement model was tested using the Fornell and Larcker criterion. Findings indicate that Islamic values do influence the citizenship behaviour, organisational commitment and loyalty to the organisation of employees. Motivated by religion employees are more likely to adopt discretionary citizenship-alike behaviours in the workplace and be loyal to their organisation. The scope of this study is limited by its primary focus of developing an Islamic perspective within the domain of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, which utilises the Islamic Work Ethics framework rather than being grounded in Islamic holy texts. This paper not only provides a useful insight into the link between religious motivation, citizenship behaviour, and organisational commitment and loyalty, but also notes the influence of religion in the workplace.
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Hayel, Ababneh, Alex Avramenko, Ahmed Abdullah, and Aleassa Hasan. "Examining the Foundation of Islamic Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in Jordanian Organisations." International Journal of Management and Applied Research 9, no. 1 (2022): 21–49. https://doi.org/10.18646/2056.91.22-002.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that religion plays in the working lives of Muslim employees, by exploring the influences of Islamic values on employees Organisational Citizenship Behaviour. This is a largely quantitative study conducted in Jordanian organisations. The study introduces a theoretical model drawing parallels between Organisational Citizenship Behaviour and Islamic Work Ethics. The participants, comprising of employees of Jordanian public and private sectors, have been randomly invited to express their views on the possible penetration of Islamic values in the workplace. A Partial Least Squares approach alongside a bootstrapping technique was used to analyse the data. The validity of the measurement model was tested using the Fornell and Larcker criterion. Findings indicate that Islamic values do influence the citizenship behaviour, organisational commitment and loyalty to the organisation of employees. Motivated by religion employees are more likely to adopt discretionary citizenship-alike behaviours in the workplace and be loyal to their organisation. The scope of this study is limited by its primary focus of developing an Islamic perspective within the domain of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, which utilises the Islamic Work Ethics framework rather than being grounded in Islamic holy texts. This paper not only provides a useful insight into the link between religious motivation, citizenship behaviour, and organisational commitment and loyalty, but also notes the influence of religion in the workplace.
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Wolff, Mario. "Kunnen godsdienstige organisaties belastbare winst maken?" Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid 4, no. 3 (2013): 63–68. https://doi.org/10.5553/tvrrb/187977842013004003006.
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Can religious organisations make taxable profit? The treatment of religion in corporate tax legislation Dutch profit tax does not formally exclude religious organisations. Therefore, these organisations may have to pay tax over their income. The way this tax is determined is dictated by the law on corporate taxation: Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969. In practice however, religious organisations are seldom taxed. In this article I investigate whether there is a formal reason to exclude this type of organisations from taxation, leading to the conclusion that there is no such reason.
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McPhillips, Kathleen. "Religion after the Royal Commission: Challenges to Religion–State Relations." Religions 11, no. 1 (2020): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11010044.
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The findings and recommendations emanating from the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2012–2017) have advised religious organisations that they need to undertake significant changes to legal, governance and cultural/theological practices. The reason for urgency in enacting these changes is that religious organisations were the least child safe institutions across all Australian organisations, with poor practices of transparency, accountability and responsibility coupled with a tendency to protect the reputation of the institution above the safety of children in their care. In Australia, new state laws have been enacted and are impacting on the internal governance systems of religious organisations, including removing the secrecy of the Catholic confessional, instituting mandatory reporting of child abuse by clerics and criminalising the failure to report child sexual abuse. Religious organisations have moved to adopt many of the recommendations regarding their troubled governance including the professionalisation of religious ministry; adoption of professional standards; and appropriate redress for survivors and changes to religious laws. However, these changes signal significant challenges to current church–state relations, which have been characterised by positioning religious organisations as special institutions that enjoy exemptions from certain human rights legislation, on the basis of protecting religious freedom. This article examines and evaluates the nexus between state and religion in Australian public life as it is emerging in a post-Royal Commission environment, and in particular contested claims around the meaning and value of religious freedom versus the necessity of institutional reform to ensure that religious organisations can demonstrate safety for children and other vulnerable groups.
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Lisnic, Dumitru. "Organising Religious Resistance: Contingent Procedures, Material Religion and early Soviet Repression against Religion." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 14, no. 2 (2022): 197–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ress-2022-0102.
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Abstract This study deals with the emergence of organised forms of resistance to the Bolshevik policies of secularisation, and the role that documents introduced into the religious landscape in the 1920s by the Soviet regime played in it. Integral to the Bolshevik campaign of eliminating religions, the mandatory registration of religious communities transposed into the religious landscape the organisational forms and techniques of the production of documents characteristic of bureaucracy, which enhanced the capability of believers to pose an organised resistance to antireligious policies. This paper measures the consequence of these documents and bureaucratic practices, their role in the consolidation of religious organisations and the creation of antagonism between parishioners and state officials. My study is centred on the case of the Orthodox Church of our Lady of Kazan from Cioburciu (Moldavian Region of Soviet Ukraine), the construction of which was at the heart of the confrontation of Orthodox believers from this settlement with the Soviet authorities.
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Barker, Renae. "Religions should be required to be transparent in their use of exemptions in anti-discrimination laws." Alternative Law Journal 44, no. 3 (2019): 191–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969x19840815.
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The Commonwealth and all states and territories provide exemptions for religious organisations and schools from anti-discrimination laws. However, it is unclear how and when these exemptions are being used by religious organisations. This article argues that all religious organisations who rely on exemptions in anti-discrimination laws should be required to be transparent in their use.
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JONES, JUSTIN. "‘Signs of churning’: Muslim Personal Law and public contestation in twenty-first century India." Modern Asian Studies 44, no. 1 (2009): 175–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x09990114.
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AbstractFor many Muslims, the preservation of Muslim Personal Law has become the touchstone of their capacity to defend their religious identity in modern India. This paper examines public debate over Muslim Personal Law, not as a site of consensus within the community, but rather as an arena in which a varied array of Muslim individuals, schools and organisations have sought to assert their own distinctiveness. This is done by discussing the evolution of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the most influential organisation to speak on such matters since the 1970s, with particular focus on its recent disintegration at the hands of a number of alternative legal councils formed by feminist, clerical and other groups. These organisations have justified their existence through criticism of the organisation's alleged attempts to standardise Islamic law, and its perceived dominance by the Deobandi school of thought. In truth, however, this process of fragmentation results from a complex array of embryonic and interlinked personal, political and ideological competitions, indicative of the increasingly fraught process of consensus-building in contemporary Indian Muslim society.
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Mullins, Elizabeth. "Survey of religious archives in Ireland." Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature 124, no. 1 (2024): 271–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ria.2024.a941746.
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Abstract: The archives of religious organisations are some of the most significant, contested and least accessible repositories in Ireland. The decreasing size of the country's Roman Catholic religious congregations and the reorganisation of dioceses means that these archives also represent some of the island's most endangered collections. Aiming to address the need for more transparency about these repositories and to raise awareness of their vulnerability, this research presents the findings of a survey of Irish religious archives that was carried out in the Spring/Summer of 2022. Divided into four sections, the findings provide quantitative data about a range of subjects, such as the content of repositories, the training level of staff, and the distribution of their work. In addition, the paper presents qualitative information about what it is like to work in a religious archive, what people in these roles find difficult or interesting, and what meaning they, and the organisations they work for, attach to their records. The paper brings into relief the significance that many of those working in religious archives attach to the provision of access and the barriers to this process, such as resourcing and organisational culture. Drawing on international comparators, the paper highlights some of the central challenges facing contemporary religious archives in Ireland. It also highlights the need for a concerted effort to realise the opportunities that exist to preserve and increase access to these resources.
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Sengers, Erik. "'Do You Want To Receive A Missionary At Home?': Conversion And The Religious Market." Exchange 35, no. 1 (2006): 4–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157254306776066942.
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AbstractThis paper offers an introduction in religious market theory on the basis of the theme of conversion. Conversions have everything to do with the religious market. Where people are looking for religious satisfaction, they will turn themselves to religious organisations that are willing to give that on certain conditions. Starting from the assumption of the rational actor, the theory makes some strong hypotheses on religious organisations and the religious market. What does the religious market look like, what are the basic characteristics of this market, and how can religious organisations interact with that market? However, when we discuss social-scientific research on conversion in Europe, the limits of religious market theory come to the fore. In the conclusion, the main questions that arise from religious market theory for the project Conversion Careers and Culture Politics in Pentecostalism are being discussed.
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Martinovich, Vladimir A. "Methodological problems of religious diversity research." Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, no. 3 (October 13, 2022): 92–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2022-3-92-102.
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This article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of religious diversity as a subject of sociological research. It is shown that numerous theoretical and empirical studies of religious diversity in different countries have not been able to reach the level of analysis of the unique configuration of the general population of religious organisations operating on their territory. The significance of such an analysis for the sociology of religion is substantiated. The dependence of some areas of sociological analysis of religion on the successful study of the totality of different religious organisations that form the basis of religious diversity in the country is emphasised. A number of methodological problems arising from the empirical analysis of religious diversity and caused by the specifics of new religious movements are identified. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of problems in the area of conceptual apparatus, the organisation of the collection of relevant information on different information platforms and the identification of different types of new religious movements documents. Special attention is focused on the introduction into scientific circulation of information about previously unexplored new religious movements. It is shown that there is no provably effective methodology for studying religious diversity in the sociology of religion, but its development inevitably implies the resolution of most of the methodological problems described in the article. It is argued that the study of religious diversity belongs in the sociology of religion to the group of the most complex longitudinal studies with significant heuristic potential.
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Vveinhardt, Jolita, and Mykolas Deikus. "Religious and Non-Religious Workplace Mobbing Victims: When Do People Turn to Religious Organisations?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19 (2022): 12356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912356.
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Researchers’ interest in the impact of religious–spiritual assistance on victims of violence has increased in recent decades; however, factors that are relevant to workplace mobbing victims who seek such assistance remain poorly investigated. The purpose of this study is to highlight the factors that make spiritual assistance of religious organizations acceptable to religious and non-religious workplace mobbing victims. The study involved 463 adults working in Lithuanian organizations, of whom 79.5 per cent indicated that they were religious. ANOVA and Chi-square tests revealed that the significant factors were similarity of personal and religious values, the relation with the person providing assistance, and the circumstances characterising assistance. This study promotes further scientific discussion on the involvement of religious organizations in helping victims of workplace mobbing and explains why religious and non-religious individuals seeking assistance turn to religious organizations. The article presents only a part of the research results of the implemented project.
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Wahyudi, Rizqi. "Counter Narratives of Extremism: A Study of the Exclusive Islamic Discourse of the Islamic Movement of IAIN Lhokseumawe Students." ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY 9, no. 2 (2024): 295–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.52137/apjpp.v9i2.201.
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This research aims to explain the Counter-Narrative of Extremism: A Study of the Exclusive Islamic Discourse of the Islamic Movement of IAIN Lhokseumawe Students. By using a qualitative method that utilizes the main data of interviews, this study found that the exclusive Islamic discourse of IAIN Lhokseumawe students who are members of the HMI, PMII and LEKISMA organisations refers to talks or debates that occur in discussions made by these organisations. Both discussions that are coordinated in organisational activities as well as discussions personally by members of the organisation. In particular, the discussions that take place are related to issues, understanding, and practice of Islam such as those related to tafsir, hadith, fiqh and differences in mazhab, the relationship between Islam and society and politics. It was also found that not all student Islamic movements at IAIN Lhokseumawe hold exclusive views. Organisationally it is not exclusive, but personally there are indications that lead to an exclusive understanding, although not strong. This is due to the lack of religious knowledge as well as the weak reading or literacy of IAIN Lhokseumawe students. IAIN Lhokseumawe students construct counter-narratives of extremism through seminars, lectures and education of awareness of Islamic student activists IAIN Lhokseumawe to be respectful and respectful of those who do not agree or agree with their religious understanding. In general, the construction of counter-narratives of extremism carried out by Islamic students of IAIN Lhokseumawe, HMI, PMII and LEKISMA is with a narrative of religious moderation.
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Wirtz, Peter. "Governance of old religious orders: Benedictines and Dominicans." Journal of Management History 23, no. 3 (2017): 259–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmh-02-2017-0007.
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Purpose The purpose of the present study is to tentatively contribute to paving the way for interdisciplinary research on the history of governance practices in ancient religious orders and on the significance of such governance for the orders’ performance and long-term survival. Design/methodology/approach The principal challenges of and proposed directions for such research on the comparative governance of old religious orders are illustrated through selected historic examples from Benedictine abbeys and Dominican monasteries, as they can be found in the yet scarce literature devoted to religious governance in the management field. Findings The authors’ review of research specifically devoted to the corporate governance of Benedictines and Dominicans illustrates the relevance of a hermeneutic grid derived from contemporary management research to better understand the historical dynamics of monastic governance and its relation to sustainability. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt to establish a hermeneutic grid for the systematic and comparative study of the dynamics of governance systems in old religions organisations and their impact on organisational performance and sustainability.
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Formosa, Marvin, Roberta Chetcuti Galea, and Rosette Farrugia Bonello. "Older men learning through religious and political affiliations: case studies from Malta." Andragoška spoznanja 20, no. 3 (2014): 57–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.20.3.57-69.
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This article examines two case studies from Malta that focus on older men learning through informal channels. The first case study investigated the role of a community-based organisation - namely, a religious confraternity dedicated to 'Our Lady of Immaculate Conception' of the village of Mqabba - as an avenue for informal learning activities for older men. The second case study investigated the connection between affiliation in the Labour Party Veterans' branch of the Labour Party (Malta) and informal learning. The case studies were carried out by employing a qualitative-methodological framework whereby data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The intent was to reveal the perceived interests and expectations regarding what would be considered a satisfying lifestyle in the context of membership of older men in both organisations. Findings reveal the benefits that older men enjoy through participation in such organisations, including increased levels of independence, improved social participation, and positive effects on participants' self-esteem and personal confidence. Informants report that membership also contributed to their mental and physical health and to increased activity. Many underlined how participation aided them in escaping boredom and keeping in touch with the outside world. Findings also reveal that only a few informants were simultaneously involved in organisations and activities not related to their religious and political affiliations, which highlights the importance of both informal learning channels in helping older men lead successful and active lives.
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Rückamp, Veronika, and Katharina Limacher. "“Entrance Free—we are Looking Forward to your Visit!”: Public Events as Strategies of Legitimisation in Immigrant Religious Organisations." Journal of Religion in Europe 9, no. 4 (2016): 369–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18748929-00904004.
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Public events by immigrant religious organisations are a fairly new phenomenon in European societies. This article analyses and compares two such events: Diwali Mela, the Hindu festival of lights, and the Open Mosque Day organised by Muslim umbrella organisations. Using basic concepts of new institutional theory, we will show how immigrant religious organisations adopt established event formats and translate them into their own context. Interestingly, different factors influence the way they present themselves and their religious tradition at the public event. Three of these factors are of major impact: the secular image of the role of religion in society, the discourse about Islam and Hinduism, and finally the organisations’ own religious concepts. We argue that the action generated out of this leads to the masking of two major aspects of religion: the rites and the believers.
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Fischer, Johan. "Material Muslim Authority: Danish Debates about Religious Markets." Journal of Muslims in Europe 11, no. 1 (2022): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22117954-bja10044.
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Abstract The increasing visibility of halal (meat) products in non-Muslim countries, such as Denmark, highlights the central and controversial role of Muslim authority in the regulation/certification of halal products along two axes: Muslims/non-Muslims and divergent Muslim groups/organisations. Using qualitative data gathered through participant observation and interviews conducted at Muslim organisations and businesses in and around Copenhagen, I argue that halal production and regulation is a constructive lens through which to explore why and how Muslim authority and legitimacy are generated and contested in contemporary Denmark. Muslim authority within the halal market evidently emerges at the interface between local and international Muslim organisations/certifiers, the state and consumers.
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Permani, Risti. "The presence of religious organisations, religious attendance and earnings: Evidence from Indonesia." Journal of Socio-Economics 40, no. 3 (2011): 247–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2011.01.006.
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Dontsev, S. P., and S. I. Boyko. "The Religious Factor in the Politics of Memory in Contemporary Russia and Belarus: Comparative Analysis." Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University 9, no. 4 (2019): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-4-25-35.
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The article attempts to analyse the role of the religious factor in the formation and implementation of Politics of memory in modern Russia and Belarus. The urgency of work is caused by the increasing role of the religious factor in the politics of memory of the two States in the first decade of XXI century the research Objective — identify and similarities in the manifestations of the religious factor in the politics of memory of Russia and Belarus. For this purpose, we identified the subjects and mechanisms of interaction of state and religious institutions in the formation and implementation of memory policy. We showed that in Russia, religious organisations have a greater subjectivity in the politics of memory and can form a complementary discourse of memory and expand it at the expense of their system of interpretation of the past. As concerns the religious factor of the processes of political socialisation in the context of the policy of memory we revealed in the interaction of religious organisations of the two countries with the systems of public education and the armed forces. We concluded the similarity of the strategies of this interaction in Russia and Belarus. We showed that in both states, the selective interaction with religious organisations is carried out according to the criterion of their tradition. We also concluded that religious organisations do not form adversarial, but complementary channels of socialisation in the implementation of the state policy of memory. The process of creating a symbolic space and the possibility of participation of religious organisations, especially the Russian Orthodox Church, which is a key actor here, is also analysed. We also studied the religious factor of memory policy in the context of integration of Russia and Belarus. We concluded that the attempts to use it building the value basis of integration on the concepts of the collective historical past have not yet been successful, but such an opportunity remains.
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Suaedy, Ahmad. "MOBILISING MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS AMID THE PANDEMIC IN INDONESIA." Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman 17, no. 01 (2022): 45–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.21274/epis.2022.17.01.45-69.
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Collective action to protect individuals from all forms of threatening causes, including the Covid-19 pandemic, is urgently needed. The Covid-19 pandemic urged religious practices and traditions to adapt to a situation where a series of health protocols must be observed. In order to prevent the spread, World Health Organisation (WHO) issued strict health protocol rules. Some of these rules seem to be contradicted to traditions and religious practices. This article tries to investigate the ways religious societies react and respond to the health crisis caused by Covid-19. In this respect, this paper strives to answer the questions of how Indonesian Muslims respond to the pandemic of Covid-19, how religion contributes to the prevention of transmission and infection, and overcomes the social problems impacted by the pandemic, and to analyze obstacles faced by Indonesian Muslims to enhance collective awareness to the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article argues that civil or non-governmental religious leaders and groups, in general, play an important role to prevent and overcome the pandemic and after because of their independency to make decisions and awareness to the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic. The involvement of religious leaders who have authority at the grassroots level strengthens the legitimacy of the obligation to comply with health protocols and has succeeded in reducing the rate of transmission and death and increasing healing. Religious authority owned by clergy at lower levels has also encouraged increased participation in social solidarity which is demanded instead to depart from diversity and not similarities, among others due to Covid-19.
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Date, Kiyonobu. "“Religious Revival” in the Political World in Contemporary Japan with Special Reference to Religious Groups and Political Parties." Journal of Religion in Japan 5, no. 2-3 (2016): 111–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22118349-00502008.
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In the 1960s, the basic structure of linked religious organisations and political parties was formed, as can be seen from the rise of Kōmeitō, a political party founded by Sōka Gakkai, and the creation of the Shintō Political Association (SPA). In the 1970s, when Japan was undergoing high economic growth, the social status of Sōka Gakkai members was elevated, although the expansion of the group came to a halt. After Kōmeitō formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the 1990s, the supporters for each party came to play complementary roles. Seeing the active involvement of these religious organisations in politics—though with a varying degree of media exposure—it is possible to say that public religion has reappeared in Japanese society. However, I would like to argue that this is not a sign of post-secular “religious revival.” It is rather the “depoliticisation” among Japanese people that makes the presence of religious organisations seem more conspicuous. This paper aims to redraw the configuration of religion and politics in postwar Japan chiefly by examining the relationship between the SPA and the LDP, and that between Sōka Gakkai and Kōmeitō.
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Junaidah, Junaidah, and Andi Faisal Bakti. "The Participation of Religious Organisations and Their Contributions to the Countermeasure of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia." Wawasan: Jurnal Ilmiah Agama dan Sosial Budaya 7, no. 1 (2022): 87–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/jw.v7i1.19571.
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Several works available on religion and HIV/AIDS indicated that several religious groups in the world, including Indonesia, are still reluctant to be involved in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. However, the involvement of the two largest religious organisations in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Moluccas Protestant Church (Gereja Protestan Maluku/GPM) in combating HIV/AIDS for the last ten years deserve to be investigated and studied, as new evidence which refutes the above studies. The result of this study shows, first, the involvement of NU and GPM in the prevention of HIV/AIDS showed the potential of religious organisations in health development, particularly as a progressive strength in the fight against pandemics such as HIV/AIDS. Second, the most fundamental forms of involvement are changing religious views about HIV/AIDS as a cursed disease into a disaster or a test that requires patience. NU and GPM also organise social activities, public education, and policy advocacy for HIV/AIDS programs. Third, although this article has not been able to present the decrease of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Indonesia as a result of religious organisations involvement such as NU and GPM, however, at least there have been some contributions from both organisations toward the decrease of negative stigmatisation to people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Winiger, Fabian, and Simon Peng-Keller. "Religion and the World Health Organization: an evolving relationship." BMJ Global Health 6, no. 4 (2021): e004073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004073.
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Much has been written about WHO. Relatively little is known, however, about the organisation’s evolving relationship with health-related personal beliefs, ‘faith-based organisations’ (FBOs), religious leaders and religious communities (‘religious actors’). This article presents findings from a 4-year research project on the ‘spiritual dimension’ of health and WHO conducted at the University of Zürich. Drawing on archival research in Geneva and interviews with current and former WHO staff, consultants and programme partners, we identify three stages in this relationship. Although since its founding individuals within WHO occasionally engaged with religious actors, it was not until the 1970s, when the primary healthcare strategy was developed in consultation with the Christian Medical Commission, that their concerns began to influence WHO policies. By the early 1990s, the failure to roll out primary healthcare globally was accompanied by a loss of interest in religion within WHO. With the spread of HIV/AIDS however, health-related religious beliefs were increasingly recognised in the development of a major quality of life instrument by the Division of Mental Health, and the work of a WHO expert committee on cancer pain relief and the subsequent establishment of palliative care. While the 1990s saw a cooling off of activities, in the years since, the HIV/AIDS, Ebola and COVID-19 crises have periodically brought religious actors to the attention of the organisation. This study focusses on what we suggest may be understood as a trend towards a closer association between the activities of WHO and religious actors, which has occurred in fits and starts and is marked by attempts at institutional translation and periods of forgetting and remembering.
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Carrim, Nasima MH, and Zeenat Paruk. "Do We or Don’t We? Muslim Women Wearing the Hijab in the South African Work Environment." Journal of Religion in Africa 50, no. 1-2 (2021): 11–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340177.
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Abstract This article examines the experiences of Muslim women who wear hijab in corporate South Africa. Muslim women from diverse organisations wearing hijab were interviewed. The study produced mixed results. While women who don the hijab were discriminated against in some organisations, in the majority of organisations religious pluralism is embraced. The results further indicate that although South Africa is a secular country, there are various pieces of legislation that protect employees from religious discrimination in the workplace. Employees who don the hijab at lower levels experienced more discrimination compared to those at higher levels. The study further revealed that donning the hijab for Muslim women is viewed from a holistic perspective which includes behaving appropriately and not attending social functions where their religious convictions are jeopardized. The results indicate that wearing the hijab does not impede their career advancement although it does have a negative impact when they attend job interviews in organisations other than their own.
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Kozerska, Agnieszka. "Educational aspects of Polish seniors’ participation in religious organisations as well as organisations promoting knowledge." Studies in the Education of Adults 48, no. 1 (2016): 4–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2016.1149354.
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Yusuf, Muhammad Zulfikar, Muhammad Hasnan Nahar, Hizba Muhammad Abror, and Muhammad Hafizh Renaldi. "Digital Strategies for Promoting Religious Moderation: The Role of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama on Social Media." International Journal of Nusantara Islam 12, no. 2 (2024): 116–30. https://doi.org/10.15575/ijni.v12i2.40448.
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Indonesia is unique because of its pluralistic and diverse character. This uniqueness can certainly produce conflict between communities if not managed well. One cause of this is radicalism and intolerance. Moreover, there has been an increase in the number of digital media users in Indonesia, which has the potential to become an arena for contesting various ideologies, including extreme ones. Therefore, a country with religious and cultural diversity requires a religious moderation approach to overcome radicalism and intolerance. This study aims to provide an overview of the role of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama in promoting religious moderation on social media. The research method used was descriptive qualitative with descriptive analysis that uses secondary data from various scientific literature sources such as journals, books, official reports, and social media content. Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama were chosen because they are the most prominent Islamic organisations in Indonesia and significantly influence religious life. Content analysis was used in this study. This research shows that religious organisations such as Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama play an important role in efforts to ground the religious moderation movement in Indonesia, especially in the context of digital media. Islam Berkemajuan and Islam Nusantara are views initiated by these two organizations to foster religious moderation in society. These two organisations use digital platforms to spread religious messages that emphasise tolerance, harmony, and respect for diversity. The implication of this research is that the presence of Muhammadiyah and NU on social media is strategic in shaping public opinion and expanding the understanding of religion. By using digital media, these two organisations are disseminators of moderate religious teachings and agents of social change that can reduce extremism
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Hero, Markus. "Religious Pluralisation and Institutional Change: The Case of the New Religious Scene in Germany." Journal of Religion in Europe 1, no. 2 (2008): 200–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489108x311478.
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AbstractContrary to previous, largely quantitative, studies into the effects of religious pluralisation, this paper will focus on the qualitative changes induced by processes of pluralisation. Taking the German new religious scene as an example, it demonstrates how pluralisation of the supply structure has led to a transformation of forms of religious interaction. Relatively closed organisations, built on clear-cut relationships of affiliation and commitment, find it difficult to compete under conditions marked by pluralisation with more open, more flexible forms of religious interaction that demand less commitment of their followers. In this way relationships within religious groups and organisations gradually have been replaced by customer-oriented patterns of interaction. These new patterns have created a specific religious infrastructure, with religious participation turning away from the traditional membership-based model toward a culture built on access relationships. The access principle leads to the rise of a religious consumerism whereby religious ideas are customised to fit into episodic units which are tailored to the particular needs and circumstances of the followers.
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Cranmer, Frank. "Employment Rights and Church Discipline: Obst and Schüth." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 13, no. 2 (2011): 208–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x1100007x.
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The Equal Treatment Directive ‘respects and does not prejudice the status under national law of churches and religious associations or communities in the member states and … of philosophical and non-confessional organisations’ and empowers member states to make ‘specific provisions on genuine, legitimate and justified occupational requirements which might be required for carrying out an occupational activity’. Specifically, Article 4 permits member states to make such provision taking account of their ‘constitutional provisions and principles, as well as the general principles of Community law’. Crucially, Article 4 concludes as follows: … this Directive shall thus not prejudice the right of churches and other public or private organisations, the ethos of which is based on religion or belief, acting in conformity with national constitutions and laws, to require individuals working for them to act in good faith and with loyalty to the organisation's ethos.
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Abdul-Rahman, Abdul Rahim, and Andrew Goddard. "An Interpretive Inquiry of Accounting Practices in Religious Organisations." Financial Accountability and Management 14, no. 3 (1998): 183–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0408.00060.
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J.Kitchen, Philip, Christophe Rethore, and Christian Early. "Through a Glass Darkly: IMC’s Applicability in Religious Organisations." Journal of Advertising and Public Relations 5, no. 1 (2025): 27–32. https://doi.org/10.22259/2639-1953.0501003.
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Edwards, Ruth M. "Leadership in Educational Organisations." Journal of Christian Education os-39, no. 3 (1996): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002196579603900302.
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Martinovich, Vladimir A. "Identification of new religious movements in the practice of editorial offices and journalists of print media." VESTNIK INSTITUTA SOTZIOLOGII 13, no. 1 (2022): 67–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/vis.2022.13.1.774.
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Social institutions react selectively to the religious diversity of the modern world. As a result, an imbalance is formed between new religious movements actually operating in the public space and the level of their identification by social actors. The new religious movements that come into the focus of attention in different countries are, by most of their characteristics, unrepresentative of the general set of non-traditional religious communities in these countries. Nevertheless, for social actors they become a reference model in the formation of ideas about the phenomenon of new religious movements in general. The higher the level of imbalance, the less social perceptions of new religions correspond to their actual characteristics in a particular region. A comprehensive study of the identification of new religions allows to explain the origin of the ideas and illusions spread in society about new religious movements, to clarify the logic of the actions of social actors in the confessional sphere, and to a certain extent to predict their results. Abnormally large imbalances for individual institutions of society require additional analysis. For the print media of the Republic of Belarus, the gap between the groups identified and operating in the country is more than 700 organisations for the period 1988-2021. The article is devoted to the analysis of the factors that influence the editorial offices and journalists of the print media in the process of preparing materials on new religious movements in general, and their identification in particular. The main highlighted factors are: state regulation, political order and censorship, requests to the editorial office from the population, a bright informational occasion, a journalist’s contact with a new religious movement, a conflict between a religious group and the media editors, a journalist’s personality and experience, a journalist’s specialisation on the topic of new religious movements, a journalist's contact with professional sectologists. The article analyses the level of influence of each factor on the identification of new religious movements in the press, and reveals methodological problems of the analysis of this topic. It is demonstrated that, due to the specifics of the phenomenon of non-traditional religiosity and the organisation of the work of editorial offices and journalists, the print media can only selectively identify new religions.