David A Hoekema
Biographic Data
| ID | 1115727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Hoekema |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoekema |
| SIGNATURE | HOEKEMA D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Calvin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We Are The Voice of the Grass
From the 1980s until the late 2000s the northern region of Uganda in East Africa endured a reign of terror imposed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its founder Joseph Kony. The LRA movement’s brutal tactics—abducting boys for training as soldiers, kidnapping girls as officers’ sexual partners, raping and maiming and killing innocent villagers—captured the world’s attention through Western visitors’ social media campaigns. Far less visible …
From Kingdoms to Protectorate to New Nation
To set the background for the civil war in northern Uganda and the interfaith organization that was created to work for its resolution, the present chapter reviews the history of the region. Beginning with indigenous populations organized into kingdoms and ethnic communities, the slave trade that linked East Africa with the Middle East, and the competition among European powers for regional control, the chapter traces the transition from British …
Reasons, Traditions and Virtues
This is a response to the 1984 exchange between Richard J. Bernstein and Alasdair MacIntyre
African Politics and Moral Vision
Political life without common ideals or a compelling vision of the future loses its vitality and descends into a predatory struggle—a danger all too often evident in postcolonial Africa. Yet in the era of liberation, a distinctly African political and philosophical ideal emerged, a hybrid philosophy of nationhood that drew on three distinct sources: Western ideals of democracy and the rule of law, a socialist vision of mutual aid and responsibili…
Taking Every Thought Captive
African Personhood
Stuart Hampshire, Justice is Conflict
Politics, Religion, and Other Crimes Against Civility
Jacques Rancière, Aux bords du politique
When technology undermines freedom
Congregational Prayer and Christian Responsibility
(1985). Congregational Prayer and Christian Responsibility. Liturgy: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 80-83
The Just War Tradition and the Nuclear Debate
Reasons, Traditions and Virtues
This is a response to the 1984 exchange between Richard J. Bernstein and Alasdair MacIntyre
The Just War Tradition and the Nuclear Debate
Congregational Prayer and Christian Responsibility
(1985). Congregational Prayer and Christian Responsibility. Liturgy: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 80-83
When technology undermines freedom
Jacques Rancière, Aux bords du politique
Politics, Religion, and Other Crimes Against Civility
Stuart Hampshire, Justice is Conflict
African Personhood
Taking Every Thought Captive
African Politics and Moral Vision
Political life without common ideals or a compelling vision of the future loses its vitality and descends into a predatory struggle—a danger all too often evident in postcolonial Africa. Yet in the era of liberation, a distinctly African political and philosophical ideal emerged, a hybrid philosophy of nationhood that drew on three distinct sources: Western ideals of democracy and the rule of law, a socialist vision of mutual aid and responsibili…
Reasons, Traditions and Virtues
This is a response to the 1984 exchange between Richard J. Bernstein and Alasdair MacIntyre
We Are The Voice of the Grass
From the 1980s until the late 2000s the northern region of Uganda in East Africa endured a reign of terror imposed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its founder Joseph Kony. The LRA movement’s brutal tactics—abducting boys for training as soldiers, kidnapping girls as officers’ sexual partners, raping and maiming and killing innocent villagers—captured the world’s attention through Western visitors’ social media campaigns. Far less visible …
From Kingdoms to Protectorate to New Nation
To set the background for the civil war in northern Uganda and the interfaith organization that was created to work for its resolution, the present chapter reviews the history of the region. Beginning with indigenous populations organized into kingdoms and ethnic communities, the slave trade that linked East Africa with the Middle East, and the competition among European powers for regional control, the chapter traces the transition from British …
Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works)