This stance is rejected by the
majority world theologians, who insist on the importance of religion in all aspects of life: the spiritual and the material, the sacred and the secular cannot be separated, and likewise the communal and the individual are closely interwoven.
Andrew Walls notes that the "rule of the palefaces" is not yet over in Christian scholarship, and Tite Tienou asserts that we still engage in a "dialogue of the deaf." (6) He believes this happens when we marginalize scholarship from the
Majority World. He also points to the hegemony of the English language and how its domination can exclude scholars who cannot express themselves in English.
EMI is a Christian development non-governmental organization that partners with missionaries in the
majority world to "design a world of hope" for the materially poor.
This ruling of hijab is highly esteemed among Muslim women, despite the big pressure of most regimes in the Muslim
majority world to forbid it.
The global economic challenges that the
majority world nations face is considered in the fourth chapter.
Psychology Serving Humanity; Volume 1:
Majority World Psychology; proceedings
The particular focus of the seminar is conveyed by its full title: "Global Theologies: How the Spread of the Church in the
Majority World Is Affecting Theology." That is, while the specific theological exemplars under discussion variously entail consideration of matters related to denominational distinctives and intraecclesial relations, the phenomenon of de facto ethnic-specific congregations and denominations in contrast to the multiracial and multiethnic populations of their communities, Christian engagement with religious pluralism, and the like, the course itself is fundamentally conceived and conducted from within the disciplinary framework of systematic theology.
The interrelation between faith and education found visible expression in uncounted examples of schools, church-related seminaries and universities having been built up in the
majority world. It was the commitment to education in Christian mission that led to a substantial number if not a majority of educational institutions in many countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America being founded by Christian missions.
The concept finds expression in the
majority world through a variety of intervention programs undertaken largely by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) funded by international donor organisations that mostly aim at mobilising the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
European scholar Manfred Liebel and his colleagues Karl Hanson, Ivan Saadi and Wouter Vandenhole contribute to this area by importantly conceptualizing children's rights "from below." Drawing on sociology, political science, and socio-legal studies this thirteen chapter volume focuses primarily on
majority world children on the margins.
"I think opinion is changing in the Muslim
majority world as well, generally, against terrorism and against terrorist organisations.
Kenny is hardly sanguine in his view of developmental progress, nor unrealistic about the challenges that the
majority world still faces, but he wants the massive quality of life improvements that have already taken place to be fully acknowledged - with the far greater access to education and health care, civil and political rights as well as new technologies and infrastructure - so that they can, in turn, spur further progress.
Meat consumption is rising quickly in the "
Majority World," particularly India and China, as disposable income rises, but meat production is not sustainable.
