Past ForwardPub Date : 2019-01-16DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.11
Anas Altikriti, Abdullah Faliq
{"title":"RELIGION AND SECULARISM","authors":"Anas Altikriti, Abdullah Faliq","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.11","url":null,"abstract":"According to many important twentieth-century social theorists, modernization of the world meant its secularization: as the world developed, it would also become much more secular: less dependent and less influenced by religious ideas. By the early twenty-first century, we know that this assumption has turned out to be inaccurate. This seminar in political theory explores the relationship between religion and secularism, focusing on the political significance of the relationship. It begins by exploring the development of religious diversity among (primarily Christian) religious positions in the West in the early modern period (from the Protestant reformation through the eighteenth-century). It moves to more contemporary themes, including the tension between religious identities and the modern state, the so-called God debate by prominent atheists, and other recent controversies about religious diversity (e.g., the Danish controversy over antiIslamic cartoons). We will focus on the development of ideas (what does “toleration” mean?) and concepts (what is “secular”?). The readings will include historical and contemporary texts.","PeriodicalId":125062,"journal":{"name":"Past Forward","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121481664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Past ForwardPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.15
F. Curto, Richard Bower
{"title":"GENERATIONAL RENEWAL","authors":"F. Curto, Richard Bower","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvb1hts4.15","url":null,"abstract":"Generational renewal in a rural development context goes beyond a reduction in the average age of farmers in the EU. It is also about empowering a new generation of highly qualified young farmers to bring the full benefits of technology so as to support sustainable farming practices in Europe. Young farmers can make a relevant contribution to promoting rural prosperity, strengthening rural value chains, and investing in rural viability and vitality – three of the ten policy orientations articulated in the Cork 2.0 Declaration [1] of September 2016. Nonetheless, young people interested in taking up farming face challenges such as access to land, finance, knowledge and training. In this context, the ENRD Contact Point supports generational renewal through thematic activities such as: identifying how various Rural Development Programme (RDP) Measures could be effectively implemented to facilitate access to land, finance, knowledge and training; facilitating cooperation and information exchange between National Rural Network (NRN) representatives and young farmers and new entrants into farming. Browse through the sections below to explore various ENRD, EU and national resources related to generational renewal in European rural development. See also related material on 'Social Inclusion [2]'.","PeriodicalId":125062,"journal":{"name":"Past Forward","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128435102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}