Academic Taboo, “Religion Not Allowed”: A Short Article Born out of Frustration

by Jim Harries

The purpose of this article is to make a case in a brief, succinct, and cutting way, for academia to take issues popularly associated with “religion” very seriously indeed. “Anthropologists have neglected Christianity for reasons that now seem implausible,” says Timothy Jenkins (Jenkins 2012, 459). Academic taboo of what is known as religion requires urgent condemnation in favor of listening to more voices, who need not be considered to be inspired by anything supernatural.

EditorDecember 11, 2020religion, academia, supernaturalComment

Understanding African Problems from the Roots to the Fruits

by Chris Ampadu

Africa, the pleasant continent of promise, has been perceived as a dark and cursed continent. But is Africa cursed? Most of the world is acquainted with only the bad news of Africa: wars, sicknesses, pain, poverty, hunger, famine, and deprivation. On the continent, many have given up hope. With the massive assistance and support that Africa has received, coupled with the enormous natural resources at her disposal, why has the continent not emerged from her predicaments? Though external factors such as colonialism, the slave trade, and global trade balances have taken their toll on Africa, the biggest obstacle to the continent’s development and progress is internal.

EditorOctober 14, 2018Africa, worldview, development, poverty, transformation, disease, social reform, religion Comment

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