Religion and Politics in Southern Africa
Author | : Carl F. Hallencreutz |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Carl F. Hallencreutz |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Elphick |
Publisher | : James Currey |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Almost three-quarters of South Africans in the late-1990s call themselves Christians. From colonial times, when missionaries embroiled themselves in frontier conflicts, until recently, when both defenders and opponents of apartheid draw heavily upon Christian doctrine and ritual, Christian impulses have shaped South Africa.
Author | : Fortune Sibanda |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2022-02-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1000542084 |
This book investigates the role of religion in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Africa. Building on a diverse range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches, the book reflects on how religion, politics and health have interfaced in Southern African contexts, when faced with the sudden public health emergency caused by the pandemic. Religious actors have played a key role on the frontline throughout the pandemic, sometimes posing roadblocks to public health messaging, but more often deploying their resources to help provide effective and timely responses. Drawing on case studies from African indigenous knowledge systems, Islam, Rastafari and various forms of Christianity, this book provides important reflections on the role of religion in crisis response. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of African Studies, Health, Politics and Religious Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author | : Charles Villa-Vicencio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780520200449 |
This collection of interviews explores the role of religion in the lives of eminent South Africans who led the struggle against apartheid. Political, religious and cultural leaders share the beliefs and values that informed the moral position they adopted, often at great cost. From all ethnic, religious and political backgrounds, these men and women have shaped one of the greatest political transformations of the 20th century.
Author | : Jeffrey Haynes |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
The impact of religion on the political process has come to the fore in recent years in a wide variety of societies. Yet the significant and varied ways in which the rapidly changing religious context has impacted on the politics of modern Africa is still a relatively neglected field. This book, which is designed to fill this gap in the teaching of African Politics, assembles and analyses an enormous amount of hitherto scattered material on the interaction between politics and religious groups in the post-independence, but also colonial, eras. Dr Haynes focuses on all three of the main organised religious traditions in Africa - Christian, Islamic and 'syncretistic' movements, including the rise of various fundamentalist groups. His thematic and comparative approach embraces all parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks to locate the role of religion in the African political process in its historical, social and international contexts. In doing so, he illuminates what has often been a profoundly important factor affecting the stability of governments, evolution of civil society and even the development trajectory of many African countries. The author's combination of theoretical context, rich empirical information and thoughtful analysis makes this book ideal as a text for students, as well as commanding a wider interest.
Author | : Dwight N. Hopkins |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2005-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 159752476X |
Black theology continually poses a challenge to Christian witness and faith. Through a critical analysis of leading religious thinkers, Dwight N. Hopkins explores the fundamental differences and similarities between black theology in the United States and black theology in South Africa and asks: What is the common denominator between the two? Part I examines the historical, political, cultural, and theological background of contemporary black theology in both countries. Hopkins delves into the distinctive situation of each country, focusing on civil rights, black power, and related political, cultural, and theological themes in the United States, and on civil disobedience, black consciousness, the unity of politics and culture, and political/cultural/theological themes in South Africa. Through interviews with leading black religious scholars, Part II explores these theologies in depth. Contrasting the cultural-theological trend with the political-theological trend in the USA, Hopkins explores the ideas of theologians Albert B. Cleage, James H. Cone, J. Deotis Roberts, William R. Jones, Gayraud S. Wilmore, Charles H. Long, Cecil W. Cone, and Vincent Harding. In Part III Hopkins examines the same two trends - cultural-theological and political-theological - in South Africa. Here the focus is on the impact of black consciousness and Soweto, and the works of Manas Buthelezi, Allan Boesak, Simon S. Maimela, Frank Chikane, Bonganjalo C. Goba, Itumeleng J. Mosala, Takatso A. Mofokeng, and Desmond M. Tutu. Part IV brings black theology USA and black theology South Africa into dialogue. Hopkins locates the common denominator between the tow theologies: that they both claim the Christian gospel as the gospel of liberation for black people struggling against racism and for a holistic humanity - physically and spiritually, politically and culturally. He concludes by looking toward future areas of development and collaboration, arguing that an effective black theology of liberation must integrate politics and culture, insuring that the two are equal and complementary, two tributaries within the same current.
Author | : Abdulkader Tayob |
Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Apartheid |
ISBN | : 9783830957195 |
Author | : Eve Mullen, Gordon Mitchell |
Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion and politics |
ISBN | : 9783830961482 |
Author | : David Chidester |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2021-03-31 |
Genre | : South Africa |
ISBN | : 9781138791206 |
First published in 1992, this title explores the religious diversity of South Africa, organizing it into a single coherent narrative and providing the first comparative study and introduction to the topic. With an overview of African traditional religion, Christian missions, and African innovations during the nineteenth century, this reissue will be of great value to students of religious studies, South African history, anthropology, sociology, and political studies.
Author | : Richard Elphick |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780520209404 |
"At a strategic time in South Africa's history, the Christian history which is absolutely basic to all developments, is presented in a comprehensive and objective way. Too little attention is given to the influence of religion in socio-political accounts. This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary