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In a new book, sociologists Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb seek to challenge the widespread view that religious beliefs and communities have unwittingly assisted in the spread of the disease through their resistance to preventative sex education.
Richard Cimino is the founder and editor of Religion Watch, a newsletter monitoring trends in contemporary religion. Since January 2008, Religion Watch is published by Religioscope Institute. Website: www.religionwatch.com.
Unitarianism, considered a classic liberal religion, is growing in Africa more by word-of-mouth and Internet presence than by missionaries. The church’s American leadership may also be surprised by the social conservatism of its newest converts, opposing abortion and gay rights, in a continent more known for its burgeoning Pentecostal presence.
Richard Cimino is the founder and editor of Religion Watch, a newsletter monitoring trends in contemporary religion. Since January 2008, Religion Watch is published by Religioscope Institute. Website: www.religionwatch.com.
On 31 May 2007, Kenya licensed its first ever Islamic bank, which is operating entirely according to Islamic Shari’ah principles. This marks a milestone in the East African region, where conventional banks have been slowly working towards adapting the concept of Islamic banking, which prohibits the lending of money at interest.
This article was originally published in Islam in Africa Newsletter,
Volume 2 (2007), Number 3 (July 2007). Islam in Africa Newsletter is a publication of PRISM (www.e-prism.org).
© 2007 PRISM – Dr. Moshe Terdman. Republished with permission. Religioscope thanks Reuven Paz / PRISM for permission to republish.
Reports of children accused of witchcraft are common in parts of northern Angola: between 2001 and 2005, 423 children accused of witchcraft sought refuge at the Santa Child Centre run by the Catholic Church in M’banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This article comes via IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), a UN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
© UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2006
Stephen Ellis is a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden and the former director of the Centre. A historian by training, he has also worked as a journalist. His main field of interest is contemporary Africa. Ellis comments: “In the past my main interests have been in politics but I have become more […]
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