Drawing on African Muslims' Intangible Assets: Doing Jihad against Climate Change
Africa's Muslims, like their counterparts on other continents, have been concerned about the negative effects of climate change. During the past few years, religious leaders have been called upon by their states and civil societies to draw upon intangible assets such as supplicating publicly an...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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The ecumenical review
Année: 2017, Volume: 69, Numéro: 3, Pages: 348-361 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse BJ Islam KBN Afrique subsaharienne NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale |
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| Résumé: | Africa's Muslims, like their counterparts on other continents, have been concerned about the negative effects of climate change. During the past few years, religious leaders have been called upon by their states and civil societies to draw upon intangible assets such as supplicating publicly and performing mass prayer meetings to beseech the Almighty to bring rain to their regions. Though the supplications of some were answered, others have been waiting for the Divine's response by keeping their hands raised and their eyes upon the skies. The purpose of this essay is fourfold: first, to identify prayer as a critical intangible asset for religious traditions when they encounter a crisis; second, to broadly discuss the interconnections between religion (in this case, Islam) and climate change; third, to identify guidelines for when and why to perform the prayer for rain; and fourth, to describe the responses of African Muslim communities and the strategies of Muslim religious leadership in praying for rain during and beyond times of drought. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12298 |