Welcome

Communities of faith beyond the West today confront challenges and opportunities that are peculiar to the post-Western phase of the worldwide Christian movement. Just as new nations were coming into existence with faltering steps, new communities of faith were also emerging with contrasting energy and momentum, creating the dual challenge of membership in the religious community alongside membership in the national community. The duties of religion overlap with the demands of nationality, making obedience to God an obligation simultaneous with loyalty to the nation. While Christian teaching addresses this dual obligation from the point of view of Western consensus, it has not done so to the same extent from the point of view of emerging post-Western societies and their pre-Christian heritage.

The Project on Religious Freedom & Society in Africa is housed at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. 

News

The delegation attending the international conference at The Sanneh Institute.
March 12, 2020
On February 29, more than 1,100 guests filled the Great Hall of the University of Ghana in Accra, to celebrate the inauguration of The Sanneh Institute. In attendance were...
May 31, 2019
Members of Parliament have descended heavily on ‘one man’ churches labelling their activities as nuisance to people in areas they operate in and a prey on the vulnerability...
May 31, 2019
RELIGIOUS tolerance was on display in Parliament on Wednesday night when Muslims and Christians came together to observe Iftar; the evening meal with which Muslims end their...

Featured Events

  • Speaker: HE Dr. Gedeon Timotheos, Minister of Justice of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Dr. Gedeon Timotheos will present on the topic The Impact of Aid on Ethiopian politics and Geopolitical Dynamics. Q & A to follow. Bio: In 2022, he served on the seven-member peace negotiation...