The severe situation of Christians in the indigenous territories of Colombia needs to be highlighted as a hotbed of persecution. According to a 2005 census, more than 1.3 million Colombians (3.4 per cent of the country’s total population) identify as indigenas, the country’s original population. There are more than 30 autonomous indigenous territories throughout the …
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Being pro-life is more than opposing abortion!
Left man: “Hey, hey! Don’t get confused! We are pro-life… But once alive, everyone needs to pay for himself, are we clear?” Left sign: “Yes to life, no to abortion.” Right sign: “I’ve got Hepatitis C. Help!” This cartoon, published in the Spanish newspaper El Diario, reminds that being pro-life is, or should be, more than …
The Interface of Churches and Organized Crime in Latin America
Structural violence – in its diverse forms – has become one of the main concerns for Latin American citizens and their governments. Its effects are clearly visible in a number of Latin American countries, corrupting government institutions and distorting the overall functioning of society by creating a culture of fear and impunity. Faced with the …
Revisiting sphere sovereignty to interpret restrictions on religious freedom
The concept of sphere sovereignty, at the core of the reformed view of government and society, is one of Abraham Kuyper’s greatest legacies. However, sphere sovereignty is more than just an ordering principle of society. In this paper, the Kuyperian concept of sphere sovereignty will be revisited in order to describe the multidimensionality of religious …
Aggressive secularism seen by a cartoonist
“Aggressive secularism” can be defined as a radical expression of secularism, which not only seeks to exclude religion from the public domain, but also from various private spheres. It is based on the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations based on the conviction that religion should not have a visible …