Religion for the Secular

Ferziger, Adam S.

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“…For example, a secular country is a country where majority of the population are neutral to religion. A country is also termed "secular" if the country does not have any official state religion (Ferziger, 2008). Also, a country can be loosely termed "secular" if the top elected public officials of the country are not allowed to publicly invoke a deity or any religion in the discharge of their public duties.…”

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Impact of financial inclusion on economic growth in secular and religious countries

Ozili¹,

Lay

Syed

2023

JFRC

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Purpose Empirical research on the relationship between financial inclusion and economic growth has neglected the influence of religion or secularism. This study aims to investigate the effect of financial inclusion on economic growth in religious and secular countries. Design/methodology/approach The financial inclusion indicators are the number of automated teller machines (ATMs)per 100,000 adults and the number of bank branches per 100,000 adults. These two indicators are the accessibility dimension of financial inclusion based on physical points of service. The two-stage least square (2SLS) regression method was used to analyze the effect of financial inclusion on real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth and real GDP growth in religious and secular countries. Findings Bank branch contraction significantly increases economic growth in secular countries. Bank branch expansion combined with greater internet usage increases economic growth in secular countries while high ATM supply combined with greater internet usage decreases economic growth in secular countries. This study also finds that bank branch expansion, in the midst of a widening poverty gap, significantly increases economic growth in religious countries, implying that financial inclusion through bank branch expansion is effective in promoting economic growth in poor religious countries. It was also found that internet usage is a strong determinant of economic growth in secular countries. Originality/value Few studies in the literature examined the effect of financial inclusion on economic growth. But the literature has not examined how financial inclusion affects economic growth in religious and secular countries.

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Impact of financial inclusion on economic growth in secular and religious countries

Ozili¹,

Lay

Syed

2023

JFRC

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“…In 2013, 7% of Jews in Israel identified with the Reform and Conservative movements (Herman et al 2013). The recent liberal Jewish renewal witnessed in Israel, such as gender-equal Orthodox circles, or pluralist Bible reading groups, are structurally and institutionally separated from the liberal denominations (Cohen and Susser 2010;Ferziger 2008). Tabory (2000:1) suggests two reasons why liberal Jewish movements did not "catch up" in Israel as they did in the United States.…”

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Translating Spirituality: Universalism and Particularism in the Diffusion of Spiritual Care from the United States to Israel

2018

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Research on the transnational diffusion of ideas and practices shows how cultural objects go through translation, adaptation, and vernacularization when implemented in new localities. Less attention is given to the translators themselves and their heterogeneous and often conflicting visions. Drawing on the notion of transnational social fields (TSFs), this article investigates how cultural objects get vernacularized differently in different parts of the TSF, demonstrating how processes of translation reflect larger social and political struggles over questions of identity. As a case study, we focus on the attempt of actors from Israel and the United States to institutionalize spiritual care in Israeli health‐care organizations. The analysis reveals how spiritual care functioned as a porous cultural object, open to a wide range of interpretations and debates. While actors in New York saw in spiritual care the opportunity to bridge to Israeli Jews and create a global Jewish identity, Israeli actors split between using spiritual care as a vehicle for creating a local Israeli Jewish identity and seeing in spiritual care the opportunity to establish universal identities, broader than the Jewish one. The disagreement and conflicts between the groups influenced the translation process, turning it into a contentious struggle that involved different positions on the continuum between particularism and universalism.

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“…Itim offers information about alternatives forms of religious rites like secular Bar Mitzvah. Nevertheless the orthodox parties are trying to prevent these actions with legally sanctioning to hold the orthodox monopoly in this issue (Ferziger, 2008).…”

Section: Separation As Historical Processmentioning

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Secularization in the Holy Land: Challenges for the State- Secularism and Nationalism in Israel

Biewener¹

2016

IRD

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Israel is on the way to become a secular state. Parts of the society are separating from the religious authority. Under the international pressure of the globalization it is getting more important for Israel to integrate in the western interpretation of secularization. It seems that a secular Israel could resolve the political and social inequality between the ethnic groups. But the process of secularization causes a couple of problems in the society. Since years Israel is on the move to find his identity in a pluralistic and globalized world. The religious affiliation is decreasing in Israel. People do not believe privately anymore. In public it is still demonstrated, that Israel is united in the religious beliefs. Nationalism regains strength in Israel and causes new conflicts. This qualitative work based on hermeneutic and media analyses will show how problematic the way of secularization is and that the society will be probably even more unequal than before. If Israel is losing his ties of religious beliefs it needs to find a new identity.But the increase of secularization causes also the increase of nationalism. Nationalism and in his extreme forms of religious nationalism or ethnocentrism will jeopardize equality under the population. Thus, the question has to be answered if a secular Israel will be more open, pluralistic or equal and finally better prepared to meet the challenges of the politically unstable Middle East region and the globalization.

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Religion for the Secular

Cited by 21 publications

References 21 publications

Impact of financial inclusion on economic growth in secular and religious countries

Impact of financial inclusion on economic growth in secular and religious countries

Translating Spirituality: Universalism and Particularism in the Diffusion of Spiritual Care from the United States to Israel

Secularization in the Holy Land: Challenges for the State- Secularism and Nationalism in Israel

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