09/07/2025 08:30
- 10:45
HALL: Dean's Hall of the Faculty of Catholic Theology
Proponent:
Sakuba X.
Chair:
Cargnelutti F.
Speaker:
Cornelli E.,
Davis R.,
Evaristi Cornelli M.,
Muslim C.,
Sakuba X.
As presentations under this panel will demonstrate, a full appreciation of what undergirds the Modern Self's colonial inclination, further demands a thorough examination and subsequent understanding of how colonial impulses are borne out of a variety of modern scientific epistemologies and their emphasis on mastery and exploitation of "The Modern Other".
Evidence coming out of a broader landscape of studies on religion in the African context, shows that the proverbial "Modern Self" can, has, and continues, albeit clandestinely, to exploit religion for the sole purpose of realizing the main objectives of the colonial project, namely to have power over with a view to master and exploit. Against this backdrop, the main objectives of this panel are first, to reflect on the nature of coloniality especially the roots of coloniality in a modern scientific worldview. Second, it seeks to reflect on religion, and to highlight the value of religion in typical colonial projects including how that gets to be reflected in areas such as race, class, sexuality, and gender. Third, it seeks to highlight the nature and place of decoloniality as a methodological approach to counteract the activities of the Modern Self through exposing the hidden side of modernity within a context religion in the African context. Fourth, it seeks to suggest effective pedagogies on how to teach about the role and place of religion within a context of clandestine colonial projects in the African context to a 21st century classroom environment.