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      Beyond the Spirit of Bandung : Philosophies of National Unity: Secular or Religious?

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          At the 1955 Bandung Conference representatives of 29 independent Asian and African countries discussed matters ranging from national unity, decolonization, economic development and their role in international policy. The ten-point declaration of the conference, the so-called ‘Spirit of Bandung’, included the principles of nationhood for the future of the newly independent nations and their interrelations. After the Bandung Conference most ‘non-aligned’ Asian and African countries opted for philosophies of national unity to guarantee peace and stability. In the African case of Tanzania, the Ujamaa philosophy was secular although Tanzania had a ‘civic religion’. In the Asian case of Indonesia, the philosophy of Pancasila was ‘religious pluralistic’ by recognizing six ‘official’ religions. In both this and other countries, the philosophies of national unity are now contested. Therefore, 68 years after the Bandung Conference, experts from Africa, Asia and Europe address the questions:

          What philosophy, secular or religious, succeeds or succeeded in promoting peace and stability?

          Are there comparable philosophies of national unity from other countries?

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          9789493296268
          30 November 2023
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies, Radboud University, The Netherlands;
          [2 ] Strathmore University, Kenya;
          10.54195/FLRI3273
          4870be23-1e04-4a36-9ce1-b7521f9a3ccd
          © 2023, Frans Dokman and Antoinette Kankindi (eds.) All authors hold copyrights of their own contribution. This is an Open Access book published under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-NoDerivatives International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

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