...tied to the North, and imagined mass-apostasy coinciding with southern independence, South Sudanese Muslims insisted that to be southern and Muslim was not a contradiction in terms. Continuity with a...
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Mourning a political saint in Johannesburg
by Rachel C. SchneiderOn December 6, 2013, I, along with millions of South Africans, woke to the news that Nelson Mandela had died. For the next ten days, South Africans would be plunged...
Reconsidering civil religion
Civil religion of a different kind
by Ebrahim Moosa...political powers in South Africa were unwilling to concede unregulated moral authority to an unelected constituency like religious groups. In fact, South Africa’s religious sector may have lacked the foresight...
Essays
Jesus, religion, and revolution in the South African elections
by Rachel C. SchneiderIn 2004 and 2008, South African president Jacob Zuma notoriously declared that his party, the African National Congress, will “rule until Jesus comes back.” The recent national election results favor...
The politics of religious freedom
Politics of religious freedom in South Africa
by Waheeda AmienUnlike Europe and North America, the discussions in South Africa relating to religious freedom do not center on the extent to which religion can be excluded from the public domain...
Deathless questions and other interviews
God was on everybody’s side: A conversation with Jean Comaroff
by David Kyuman Kim...this term, in its then unproblematic usage, was less than helpful. When I got to my field site, in rural northwest South Africa, the religious lingua franca was Christianity, African...
books
Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa
by The EditorsIn his new publication, Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa, David Chidester explores South African indigenous religious heritage and the meaning and power of this religion in a...