Religion versus state and the struggle for control in society’s developmental arena: a review

Onwuegbuchulam, Sunday Paul Chinazo

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“…There have been much debate and many decisions in the political and legal aspects from and within the viewpoints of governments, organizations, executive leaderships, and research bodies that have some of their pedigrees in religious doctrines (and perhaps in spiritual leadership and philosophies as well) (Balog, Baker, & Walker, 2014;Donnelly & Whelan, 2020;Drucker, 2012;Fox, 2018;Jena, 2021;Lowery, Duesing, & Beadles, 2014;Sprankle, Danielson, Lyng, & Severud, 2021;Weaver & Agle, 2002), especially, perhaps, from the leaked US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, and the "Parental Rights in Education Bill" that was signed into law in Florida that put limitations on US citizens based on religious doctrines (Diaz, 2022;Gerstein & Ward, 2022). This act of work brings religion back into the political and legislative debate after being theoretically separated from government in the modern era (Fowler, Olson, Hertzke, & Den Dulk, 2018;Onwuegbuchulam, 2019;White & Gregorious, 2019).…”

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A Change Leadership and Management Research Discussion and Analysis on the Religiosity and Spirituality in Philosophical Organizations: The Sustainability Case of Religious Freedom and the Satanic Temple

2022

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Organizations and Governments need to critically experience the change management processes to understand and build planned organizational change models. Throughout these processes, religiosity and spirituality play a pivotal role in broadening our scientific understanding about the key philosophies of sustainable change leadership. This study builds onto these arguments while presenting a strong case of religious liberties, especially through the lens of The Satanic Temple (TST) alongside contextualizing the application of change.The manuscript successfully delineated the process of change management and philosophical sustainability by conducting large scale literature reviews and theoretical analyses characterized by micro and macro understandings of a variety of contextual variables and research ideas. Broadly, these included exploring the boundaries of political pressures and human rights, investigating the different perspectives of engines of change in society, bridging the gaps between political and socio-legal viewpoints of religiosity and spirituality, analyzing key roles played by TST in business and society, considering multiple outlooks of effective change communication in organizations and governments, and eventually examining the sustainability dimensions of effective change management.

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A Change Leadership and Management Research Discussion and Analysis on the Religiosity and Spirituality in Philosophical Organizations: The Sustainability Case of Religious Freedom and the Satanic Temple

2022

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A Matter of Life and Death: State Power and Control of the Body in a Pandemic Era in the Light of Foucault’s Concept of Biopolitics

Onwuegbuchulam

2024

Adam Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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The advent of COVID-19 pandemic saw the declaration of state of national disaster in South Africa which meant that the country was literally shut down with several restrictions on socio-economic and with it some human bodily activities. The situation has brought into the fore a revived interest in the interrogation of the nexus between state power and control of freedom of citizens. As such, the issue has also brought into focus Foucault’s analysis of power in modern and postmodern societies centring on the concept of biopower/biopolitics. Considering the centrality of citizen’s constitutional right to several civil liberties including right to bodily integrity, there is need to explore the limits of state power in the idea of biopolitics. This essay utilises desktop methods to interrogate state’s power and control of citizen’s bodies in South Africa during and post COVID-19 era. Ultimately, the article is an attempt to contribute to the discourse on how political theorising incorporates human embodiment.

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Religion versus state and the struggle for control in society’s developmental arena: a review

Cited by 2 publications

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A Change Leadership and Management Research Discussion and Analysis on the Religiosity and Spirituality in Philosophical Organizations: The Sustainability Case of Religious Freedom and the Satanic Temple

A Change Leadership and Management Research Discussion and Analysis on the Religiosity and Spirituality in Philosophical Organizations: The Sustainability Case of Religious Freedom and the Satanic Temple

A Matter of Life and Death: State Power and Control of the Body in a Pandemic Era in the Light of Foucault’s Concept of Biopolitics

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