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Empowering Democratic Policy-Making: The Indonesian Women’s Coalition

Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
June 8, 2017July 9, 2017

Aisha, the wife of the prophet, protected and physically made space for transgender persons to pray behind her. As such, LGBT groups are assured protection.

Land and Authority in Postcolonial Cameroon

Elias Bongmba
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

This is a conflict of authority in a postcolonial state, involving state, traditional, and religious leadership, and as such evokes the transformations that African countries have undergone in the imperial and post imperial age.

Introducing Who Are My People? An Interview with Emmanuel Katongole

Emmanuel Katongole and Kyle Lambelet
April 13, 2017June 26, 2018

CM Research Associate Kyle Lambelet sat down with ACI Africa working group leader Emmanuel Katongole to talk about his CM and Luce funded research project “Who Are My People?”: Christianity, Violence and Belonging in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Pastor as Sexual Object

Ebenezer Obadare
March 16, 2017September 13, 2017

The modern-day Pentecostal pastor is a widely sought after existential micromanager: a blend of spiritual guide, financial coach, marriage counselor, fashion icon, travel advisor, all-purpose celebrity, and last but not least, the center of an erotic economy.

Women Strengthening Pluralist Co-Existence in Contemporary Indonesia: Analyzing the Role of Komnas Perempuan and the Koalisi Perempuan

Series: Women in Indonesia

Nelly van Doorn-Harder and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
June 2, 2016August 14, 2019

The battles these women had waged for legal, religious, economic, social, and other forms of equality since the 1980s had started to bear fruit; new opportunities had opened to women, and debates about their legal rights had reached the public press and political platforms.

Rebranding Islam: Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, and the Making of “Moderate Islam”

Series: ACI proposal

James Hoesterey
April 20, 2016August 13, 2019

During the years following 9/11, Indonesia’s foreign ministry promoted Indonesia as the model for “moderate Islam.”

Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality in Ivory Coast

Series: ACI proposal

Ludovic Lado
April 20, 2016August 13, 2019

Sub-Saharan African societies, described as community-oriented, are often compared with Western societies pictured as individualistic. But this simplistic divide can be misleading.

The Battle for Meaning: Christians and Muslims at Odds over Indonesian Constitutionalism

Series: ACI proposal

Stefanus Hendrianto
April 20, 2016August 13, 2019

The abortion debate in Indonesia is a fitting illustration of the global trend toward liberalization of access to abortion across the world. In Indonesia, this phenomenon cannot be separated from the constitutional reform that took place more than a decade ago. This phenomenon immediately raises a question of how Muslims and Christians will respond to the new notion of constitutionalism. Read the full article »

ACI Africa – Pentecostal Pastors and the Crisis of Political Authority in Africa

Series: ACI proposal

Ebenezer Obadare
April 20, 2016August 13, 2019

Since January of this year, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Nigeria has hosted Divine Encounter and Shiloh Hour, a special monthly ministration and prayer service, in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT). April’s version of Divine Encounter took place in the city’s 60,000 capacity National Stadium complex against a backdrop of a prolonged fuel scarcity that virtually crippled social life and economic activities across the country. Read the full article »

Introducing ACI Africa

Emmanuel Katongole
April 16, 2016August 13, 2019

In its broad conception the Authority, Community, and Identity (ACI) Research project is about Africa’s complex modernities. Modernity is not one thing (see, for example, Eisentadt’s multiple modernities thesis). African individuals and communities find themselves at the intersection of multiple modern, global, local, traditional, secular and religious forces. Read the full article »

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