Manuel Litalien is an associate professor at Nipissing University, Department of Social Welfare and Social Development. He is a co-instigator for PhiLab (2018), a funded research group focusing on Philanthropy (https://philab.uqam.ca). He has book chapters in Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada (McGill-Queen’s); Secular States and Religious Diversity (UBC Press); Ethnic Claims and Moral Economies (UBC Press); and a book La philanthropie religieuse en tant que nouveau capital démocratique (Presses de l’Université Laval). He also published in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics (2018). His areas of interest include Southeast Asia, welfare regimes, philanthropy, governance, social policy, religion, ethnicity, identity politics, diasporic studies, and nationalism. He also currently holds an adjunct position at Mahidol University in Thailand.
The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focu... more The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focuses on social and political violence, and their short and long-term effects on social development. The topics covered address why and how people turn to violence. They provide a map to conflicts and wars nationally and internationally. The course examines diverse research traditions to comprehend violence in a critical way. It looks at ideologies, social groups and social organizations that nurture the participation of individuals in violent actions. There will be two primary traditions that will be focused on; the first focuses on the “conditions” under which conflicts are produced and the second emphasizes the “attitudes” motivating individuals to engage in conflict. As each tradition possesses its own vocabulary, theoretical distinctions will aim at providing students with a broad spectrum of tools to comprehend the complex, paradoxical relationship between humans and war and violence. For example, though most world nations have ratified the International Bill of Human Rights, intra-state conflicts are an enduring reality.
Preface Introduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, R... more Preface Introduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and Andre Laliberte Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches 1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer 2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman 3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev Bhargava Part 2: Secularisms in the West 4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak 5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman 6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the "Clash" within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture 7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. Kuru Part 3: Secularisms beyond the West 8 State Intervention in the Reform of a "Religion of Rules": An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba 9 Som...
The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia.... more The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and American Theological Library Association were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data were then systematically analysed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1998
Introduces a special issue on globalization and the welfare state. Asserts that economic globaliz... more Introduces a special issue on globalization and the welfare state. Asserts that economic globalization constrains national economic and social policy far more now than ever before, although the level of international trade has not increased that much compared to levels at the beginning of this century. Talks about the political consequences of economic globalization, particularly welfare state retrenchment in the advanced capitalist world. Outlines the papers included in this issue – comparing welfare system changes in Sweden, the UK and the USA; urban bias in state policy‐making in Mexico; and the developing of the Israeli welfare state. Concludes that economic globalization has a limited effect in shaping social welfare policy in advanced capitalist countries; nevertheless, recommends further research into which aspects of economic globalization shape social welfare policy.
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates respond... more This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates responded to the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by loosening restrictions for grantees; collaborating on new initiatives; elevating grassroots knowledge; and balancing short- and long-term priorities. This response, however, revealed a series of tensions in the dominant pre-COVID-19 philanthropic model—specifically, as a mechanism to address the social, econ- omic, and ecological crises that predate COVID-19. The early pandemic response of grantmaking foundations can there- fore serve as a model for what a more democratic, agile, collaborative, and justice-oriented philanthropic sector can look like. RÉSUMÉ Cet article examine la réponse de fondations philanthropiques canadiennes aux enjeux de justice sociale pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Elles l’ont fait en assouplissant les exigences exigées aux donataires; en collaborant autour de nouvelles initiatives; en prior...
Background: The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest ... more Background: The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Method: Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and ATLA (American Theological Library Association) were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data was then systematically analyzed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. Results: In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
Citation: Litalien, Manuel, Odwa Atari, and Ikemdinachi Obamasi. 2020. “The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health in Canada: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal Of Religion And Health, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8.
The Future of Humanity: Revisioning the Human in the Posthuman Age, 2019
In her recent book on religions and development, Emma Tomalin asks the following questions: “[I]s... more In her recent book on religions and development, Emma Tomalin asks the following questions: “[I]s religion negative for women’s development and the pursuit of gender equality? Is there a gender consequence that results from engagement with religion?” In an attempt to answer these questions, this chapter will examine whether the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can empower a group of marginalized Buddhist women; support them against existing power relations; and achieve integration over sources of power. Its premise is that the future of humanity rests on how development organizations can negotiate the rights of women in the religious sphere by providing support to women who ground their social work and activism in a religious framework. It suggests that in order to move forward with many new SDGs, including the elimination of poverty, as well as ensuring inclusive health and promoting well-being, quality education, gender equality and empowering women, reduced inequalities, peace justice and strong institutions”, it is imperative to consider the many facets of religious contexts and the increased politicization of culture. The chapter argues for the importance of religious women in social development, a neglected area in development studies.
In their current form, SDGs confirm commitment of the United Nations to work with state actors, community leaders, and religious authorities to transform gender stereotypes. The importance of this inclusive, multifaceted, and integrated approach to development is welcome, but remains problematic in some sectors. In order to understand the challenges that lie ahead in implementing the SDGs, the gender politics of religious institutions will be explained in the context of Buddhism, one of the major religions in Southeast Asia. Religion gives meaning to the existence of large numbers of men and women in the region, and is understood as an indissociable part of their identity, and their social development. Building on this reality, women in the region have relied on their religious traditions to provide a means of fighting existing conservative patriarchal institutions. This chapter supports therefore the view that gender equality should be based on a “culturally nuanced and a contextual approach” for successful implementation of the SDGs.
Copyright Notice: Digital copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no change is m... more Copyright Notice: Digital copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no change is made and no alteration is made to the content. Reproduction in any other format, with the exception of a single copy for private study, requires the written permission of the author. All enquiries to: cozort@dickinson.edu.
This chapter shifts the conceptual analysis of moral economy from its revolutionary base to the a... more This chapter shifts the conceptual analysis of moral economy from its revolutionary base to the actions of political leaders and governing classes. The established literature regarding Southeast Asia examines moral economy as rooted in a culture of resistance and the political actions of peasants (Adas 1980; Scott 1976) while elaborating on the origins of popular protest and social unrest in times of profound social and economic transition (Scott 1976; Thompson 1971). This chapter demonstrates the ways in which unprecedented social divisions and crises of governance in Thailand increasingly threaten the moral economies of two polarized elite groups: the conservative royalist elite, commonly referred to as the old elite, and the new business elite, also known as the new elite. There have been several critical developments in Thai politics since the first draft of this chapter was presented at Oxford University in 2007: the 2014 coup d’état against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, being the most prominent. This chapter draws on a series of events following the 1997 financial crisis and the 2007 coup d’état in establishing a framework to understand the interactions between these elite groups.
The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focu... more The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focuses on social and political violence, and their short and long-term effects on social development. The topics covered address why and how people turn to violence. They provide a map to conflicts and wars nationally and internationally. The course examines diverse research traditions to comprehend violence in a critical way. It looks at ideologies, social groups and social organizations that nurture the participation of individuals in violent actions. There will be two primary traditions that will be focused on; the first focuses on the “conditions” under which conflicts are produced and the second emphasizes the “attitudes” motivating individuals to engage in conflict. As each tradition possesses its own vocabulary, theoretical distinctions will aim at providing students with a broad spectrum of tools to comprehend the complex, paradoxical relationship between humans and war and violence. For example, though most world nations have ratified the International Bill of Human Rights, intra-state conflicts are an enduring reality.
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' ... more Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.
The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focu... more The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focuses on social and political violence, and their short and long-term effects on social development. The topics covered address why and how people turn to violence. They provide a map to conflicts and wars nationally and internationally. The course examines diverse research traditions to comprehend violence in a critical way. It looks at ideologies, social groups and social organizations that nurture the participation of individuals in violent actions. There will be two primary traditions that will be focused on; the first focuses on the “conditions” under which conflicts are produced and the second emphasizes the “attitudes” motivating individuals to engage in conflict. As each tradition possesses its own vocabulary, theoretical distinctions will aim at providing students with a broad spectrum of tools to comprehend the complex, paradoxical relationship between humans and war and violence. For example, though most world nations have ratified the International Bill of Human Rights, intra-state conflicts are an enduring reality.
Preface Introduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, R... more Preface Introduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and Andre Laliberte Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches 1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer 2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman 3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev Bhargava Part 2: Secularisms in the West 4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak 5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman 6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the "Clash" within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture 7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. Kuru Part 3: Secularisms beyond the West 8 State Intervention in the Reform of a "Religion of Rules": An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba 9 Som...
The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia.... more The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and American Theological Library Association were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data were then systematically analysed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1998
Introduces a special issue on globalization and the welfare state. Asserts that economic globaliz... more Introduces a special issue on globalization and the welfare state. Asserts that economic globalization constrains national economic and social policy far more now than ever before, although the level of international trade has not increased that much compared to levels at the beginning of this century. Talks about the political consequences of economic globalization, particularly welfare state retrenchment in the advanced capitalist world. Outlines the papers included in this issue – comparing welfare system changes in Sweden, the UK and the USA; urban bias in state policy‐making in Mexico; and the developing of the Israeli welfare state. Concludes that economic globalization has a limited effect in shaping social welfare policy in advanced capitalist countries; nevertheless, recommends further research into which aspects of economic globalization shape social welfare policy.
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates respond... more This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates responded to the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by loosening restrictions for grantees; collaborating on new initiatives; elevating grassroots knowledge; and balancing short- and long-term priorities. This response, however, revealed a series of tensions in the dominant pre-COVID-19 philanthropic model—specifically, as a mechanism to address the social, econ- omic, and ecological crises that predate COVID-19. The early pandemic response of grantmaking foundations can there- fore serve as a model for what a more democratic, agile, collaborative, and justice-oriented philanthropic sector can look like. RÉSUMÉ Cet article examine la réponse de fondations philanthropiques canadiennes aux enjeux de justice sociale pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Elles l’ont fait en assouplissant les exigences exigées aux donataires; en collaborant autour de nouvelles initiatives; en prior...
Background: The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest ... more Background: The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Method: Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and ATLA (American Theological Library Association) were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data was then systematically analyzed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. Results: In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
Citation: Litalien, Manuel, Odwa Atari, and Ikemdinachi Obamasi. 2020. “The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health in Canada: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal Of Religion And Health, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8.
The Future of Humanity: Revisioning the Human in the Posthuman Age, 2019
In her recent book on religions and development, Emma Tomalin asks the following questions: “[I]s... more In her recent book on religions and development, Emma Tomalin asks the following questions: “[I]s religion negative for women’s development and the pursuit of gender equality? Is there a gender consequence that results from engagement with religion?” In an attempt to answer these questions, this chapter will examine whether the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can empower a group of marginalized Buddhist women; support them against existing power relations; and achieve integration over sources of power. Its premise is that the future of humanity rests on how development organizations can negotiate the rights of women in the religious sphere by providing support to women who ground their social work and activism in a religious framework. It suggests that in order to move forward with many new SDGs, including the elimination of poverty, as well as ensuring inclusive health and promoting well-being, quality education, gender equality and empowering women, reduced inequalities, peace justice and strong institutions”, it is imperative to consider the many facets of religious contexts and the increased politicization of culture. The chapter argues for the importance of religious women in social development, a neglected area in development studies.
In their current form, SDGs confirm commitment of the United Nations to work with state actors, community leaders, and religious authorities to transform gender stereotypes. The importance of this inclusive, multifaceted, and integrated approach to development is welcome, but remains problematic in some sectors. In order to understand the challenges that lie ahead in implementing the SDGs, the gender politics of religious institutions will be explained in the context of Buddhism, one of the major religions in Southeast Asia. Religion gives meaning to the existence of large numbers of men and women in the region, and is understood as an indissociable part of their identity, and their social development. Building on this reality, women in the region have relied on their religious traditions to provide a means of fighting existing conservative patriarchal institutions. This chapter supports therefore the view that gender equality should be based on a “culturally nuanced and a contextual approach” for successful implementation of the SDGs.
Copyright Notice: Digital copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no change is m... more Copyright Notice: Digital copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no change is made and no alteration is made to the content. Reproduction in any other format, with the exception of a single copy for private study, requires the written permission of the author. All enquiries to: cozort@dickinson.edu.
This chapter shifts the conceptual analysis of moral economy from its revolutionary base to the a... more This chapter shifts the conceptual analysis of moral economy from its revolutionary base to the actions of political leaders and governing classes. The established literature regarding Southeast Asia examines moral economy as rooted in a culture of resistance and the political actions of peasants (Adas 1980; Scott 1976) while elaborating on the origins of popular protest and social unrest in times of profound social and economic transition (Scott 1976; Thompson 1971). This chapter demonstrates the ways in which unprecedented social divisions and crises of governance in Thailand increasingly threaten the moral economies of two polarized elite groups: the conservative royalist elite, commonly referred to as the old elite, and the new business elite, also known as the new elite. There have been several critical developments in Thai politics since the first draft of this chapter was presented at Oxford University in 2007: the 2014 coup d’état against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, being the most prominent. This chapter draws on a series of events following the 1997 financial crisis and the 2007 coup d’état in establishing a framework to understand the interactions between these elite groups.
The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focu... more The course aims at presenting various approaches to explain reasons for violent conflict. It focuses on social and political violence, and their short and long-term effects on social development. The topics covered address why and how people turn to violence. They provide a map to conflicts and wars nationally and internationally. The course examines diverse research traditions to comprehend violence in a critical way. It looks at ideologies, social groups and social organizations that nurture the participation of individuals in violent actions. There will be two primary traditions that will be focused on; the first focuses on the “conditions” under which conflicts are produced and the second emphasizes the “attitudes” motivating individuals to engage in conflict. As each tradition possesses its own vocabulary, theoretical distinctions will aim at providing students with a broad spectrum of tools to comprehend the complex, paradoxical relationship between humans and war and violence. For example, though most world nations have ratified the International Bill of Human Rights, intra-state conflicts are an enduring reality.
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' ... more Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.
Est-ce que la religion nuit ou collabore au développement social? L’action philanthropique s’insc... more Est-ce que la religion nuit ou collabore au développement social? L’action philanthropique s’inscrit-elle dans une continuité des initiatives de l’État-providence ou encore s’y oppose-t-elle? Les études du développement, ainsi que des organisations internationales ont depuis plusieurs décennies négligé de reconnaître la contribution des organisations religieuses au développement. L’auteur s’engage à participer à cette réflexion en étudiant le rôle de la Fondation Dhammakaya, de la Santi Asoke et finalement de la communauté de la moniale Dhammananda en Thaïlande. Il s’agit de comprendre la façon dont ces trois organisations bouddhiques parviennent à faire la promo- tion de leur expertise dans un environnement où l’ortho- doxie religieuse est dominée par un bouddhisme d’état. Parallèlement, le royaume est confronté à deux visions différentes du rôle que devrait jouer l’État dans la redistribution sociale, d’un côté une perspective universaliste et de l’autre une conception minimaliste, axée sur la charité. La solidarité sociale et la philanthropie deviennent ainsi un enjeu politique majeure au pays.
Est-ce que la religion nuit ou collabore au développement social ? L’action philanthropique s’ins... more Est-ce que la religion nuit ou collabore au développement social ? L’action philanthropique s’inscrit-elle dans une continuité des initiatives de l’État-providence ou encore s’y oppose-t-elle ? Les études du développement, ainsi que des organisations internationales ont depuis plusieurs décennies négligé de reconnaître la contribution des organisations religieuses au développement. L’auteur s’engage à participer à cette réflexion en étudiant le rôle de la Fondation Dhammakaya, de la Santi Asoke et finalement de la communauté de la moniale Dhammananda en Thaïlande. Il s’agit de comprendre la façon dont ces trois organisations bouddhiques parviennent à faire la promotion de leur expertise dans un environnement où l’orthodoxie religieuse est dominée par un bouddhisme d’État. Parallèlement, le royaume est aux prises avec deux visions différentes du rôle que devrait jouer l’État dans la redistribution sociale, d’un côté une perspective universaliste et, de l’autre, une conception minimaliste, axée sur la charité. La solidarité sociale et la philanthropie deviennent ainsi un enjeu politique de taille au pays.
The title of this book sets the tone for Michael Jerryson’s work on Buddhism and violence; the au... more The title of this book sets the tone for Michael Jerryson’s work on Buddhism and violence; the author informs us that the phrase is attributed to the ninth-century Chinese monk Linji Yixuan, who once told his disciples to kill the Buddha if they were to meet him on the road. The monograph clearly contributes to the developing field of Buddhism and violence, every chapter giving the reader a chance to explore the complexity of the topic, with rich examples from Sri Lanka to Japan, but with a strong focus on Thailand and to a lesser extent on Myanmar. This adds to Jerryson’s previous work on the topic with books such as Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand (2011) and Buddhist Warfare (2010), the latter coedited with Mark Juergensmeyer.
The book chapters present an original, multidimensional approach to violence, categorizing it as institutional, structural, gendered, psychological, doctrinal, and symbolic. The research seeks to understand why people in majority Buddhist environments engage in violent actions, and how they justify their commitment to conflict and violence. One of the strengths of Jerryson’s work is how each chapter depicts with clarity the multifaceted aspects of Buddhist violence. The result is a wide constellation of religious variables, the interconnectedness of which may lead to support for harm, war, conflict, and a narrative justifying violence. In embracing such a variety of topics, Jerryson calls for a definition that recognizes the positive and negative aspects of violence. The positive aspect may be associated with notions of not doing harm, as it requires self-restraint, which can be equally understood as a violent action against the self. It may also be associated with social activism such as the Saffron Revolution, which resulted in protests and boycotts, or Engaged Buddhism, referring to Buddhists seeking to fight perceived social, political, economic, and environmental injustices. The negative elements of the definition cover physical, emotional, and systemic forms of violence, to which Jerryson also rightly adds the notions of harm and injury.
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Citation: Litalien, Manuel, Odwa Atari, and Ikemdinachi Obamasi. 2020. “The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health in Canada: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal Of Religion And Health, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8.
In their current form, SDGs confirm commitment of the United Nations to work with state actors, community leaders, and religious authorities to transform gender stereotypes. The importance of this inclusive, multifaceted, and integrated approach to development is welcome, but remains problematic in some sectors. In order to understand the challenges that lie ahead in implementing the SDGs, the gender politics of religious institutions will be explained in the context of Buddhism, one of the major religions in Southeast Asia. Religion gives meaning to the existence of large numbers of men and women in the region, and is understood as an indissociable part of their identity, and their social development. Building on this reality, women in the region have relied on their religious traditions to provide a means of fighting existing conservative patriarchal institutions. This chapter supports therefore the view that gender equality should be based on a “culturally nuanced and a contextual approach” for successful implementation of the SDGs.
Key words: health, communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, religion, spirituality.
Link: https://rdcu.be/cdbFe
Citation: Litalien, Manuel, Odwa Atari, and Ikemdinachi Obamasi. 2020. “The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health in Canada: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal Of Religion And Health, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8.
In their current form, SDGs confirm commitment of the United Nations to work with state actors, community leaders, and religious authorities to transform gender stereotypes. The importance of this inclusive, multifaceted, and integrated approach to development is welcome, but remains problematic in some sectors. In order to understand the challenges that lie ahead in implementing the SDGs, the gender politics of religious institutions will be explained in the context of Buddhism, one of the major religions in Southeast Asia. Religion gives meaning to the existence of large numbers of men and women in the region, and is understood as an indissociable part of their identity, and their social development. Building on this reality, women in the region have relied on their religious traditions to provide a means of fighting existing conservative patriarchal institutions. This chapter supports therefore the view that gender equality should be based on a “culturally nuanced and a contextual approach” for successful implementation of the SDGs.
The book chapters present an original, multidimensional approach to violence, categorizing it as institutional, structural, gendered, psychological, doctrinal, and symbolic. The research seeks to understand why people in majority Buddhist environments engage in violent actions, and how they justify their commitment to conflict and violence. One of the strengths of Jerryson’s work is how each chapter depicts with clarity the multifaceted aspects of Buddhist violence. The result is a wide constellation of religious variables, the interconnectedness of which may lead to support for harm, war, conflict, and a narrative justifying violence. In embracing such a variety of topics, Jerryson calls for a definition that recognizes the positive and negative aspects of violence. The positive aspect may be associated with notions of not doing harm, as it requires self-restraint, which can be equally understood as a violent action against the self. It may also be associated with social activism such as the Saffron Revolution, which resulted in protests and boycotts, or Engaged Buddhism, referring to Buddhists seeking to fight perceived social, political, economic, and environmental injustices. The negative elements of the definition cover physical, emotional, and systemic forms of violence, to which Jerryson also rightly adds the notions of harm and injury.