Religion and spirituality in South Africa :
Religion and spirituality in South Africa : new perspectives /
edited by Duncan Brown.
- Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, c2009.
- x, 294 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Religion, spirituality and the postcolonial: a perspective from the south / South African Constitutional Court's reading of the right to freedom of religion / Faith-based organisations, local governance and citizenship in South Africa / Thabo Mbeki's Bible: the role of religion in the South African public realm after liberation / Islamisation and Muslim institutions/organisations in South Africa / Modern pagan witch: negotiating a contested religious identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Decline of Islamist discourse and the rise of new spiritualities in South African Islam? / Exorcising the past: voices for the present / Eastern mosaic: shades of Hindu women in South African media / Remembering the Bushmen: nostalgia and postcolonial spiritualities / 'Speaking with our spirits': the representation of religion in Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat / Building a new society using the building blocks of Ubuntu/Botho/Vhuthu / Mediation of public and private selves in the performance of sermons and narratives of near-death experiences in the Nazarite Church / Embedded knowledges and the challenges of the postcolonial project / Duncan Brown -- Patrick Lenta -- Laurence Piper -- Gerald West -- Suleman Dangor -- Dale Wallace -- Tahir Fuzile Sitoto -- Michael Green -- Subeshini Moodley -- Dennis Walder -- Cheryl Stobie -- Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane -- Nkosinathi Sithole -- Ahmed Bawa. Introduction: Afterword:
"Religion and spirituality are closely woven into the fabric of South African public and private life - though not always seamlessly or in matching thread. This book is concerned with the role of religion and spirituality in individual identity and belief, as well as in the public spheres of governance and policy-making. It brings together significant researchers from various disciplinary perspectives, ranging from law and politics to theology, literature and media studies, with the aim of investigating new critical approaches to religion and spirituality, particularly in the postcolony/South. The authors engage seriously with the challenge of accounting for the range and power of religious and spiritual discourses that run through individual and communal identification. This volume provides stimulation for further thought and work in this crucial area of South African, and postcolonial, study and life"--Cover.
9781869141677 (pbk.) 1869141679 (pbk.)
2009404416
Spirituality--South Africa.
Religion and sociology--South Africa.
South Africa--Religion.
BL2470.S6 / R453 2009
201.70968
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Religion, spirituality and the postcolonial: a perspective from the south / South African Constitutional Court's reading of the right to freedom of religion / Faith-based organisations, local governance and citizenship in South Africa / Thabo Mbeki's Bible: the role of religion in the South African public realm after liberation / Islamisation and Muslim institutions/organisations in South Africa / Modern pagan witch: negotiating a contested religious identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Decline of Islamist discourse and the rise of new spiritualities in South African Islam? / Exorcising the past: voices for the present / Eastern mosaic: shades of Hindu women in South African media / Remembering the Bushmen: nostalgia and postcolonial spiritualities / 'Speaking with our spirits': the representation of religion in Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat / Building a new society using the building blocks of Ubuntu/Botho/Vhuthu / Mediation of public and private selves in the performance of sermons and narratives of near-death experiences in the Nazarite Church / Embedded knowledges and the challenges of the postcolonial project / Duncan Brown -- Patrick Lenta -- Laurence Piper -- Gerald West -- Suleman Dangor -- Dale Wallace -- Tahir Fuzile Sitoto -- Michael Green -- Subeshini Moodley -- Dennis Walder -- Cheryl Stobie -- Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane -- Nkosinathi Sithole -- Ahmed Bawa. Introduction: Afterword:
"Religion and spirituality are closely woven into the fabric of South African public and private life - though not always seamlessly or in matching thread. This book is concerned with the role of religion and spirituality in individual identity and belief, as well as in the public spheres of governance and policy-making. It brings together significant researchers from various disciplinary perspectives, ranging from law and politics to theology, literature and media studies, with the aim of investigating new critical approaches to religion and spirituality, particularly in the postcolony/South. The authors engage seriously with the challenge of accounting for the range and power of religious and spiritual discourses that run through individual and communal identification. This volume provides stimulation for further thought and work in this crucial area of South African, and postcolonial, study and life"--Cover.
9781869141677 (pbk.) 1869141679 (pbk.)
2009404416
Spirituality--South Africa.
Religion and sociology--South Africa.
South Africa--Religion.
BL2470.S6 / R453 2009
201.70968