Living faiths in South Africa

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Living faiths in South Africa

edited by Martin Prozesky and John de Gruchy

St. Martin's Press , Hurst & Co., c1995

  • : uk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Written by scholars with a specialist knowledge of their fields, this volume explores the diversity of South Africa's faiths. It covers such subjects as African traditional religions, Christianity, Islam, the Jewish community and Hinduism, amongst others.

Table of Contents

  • African traditional religions, J. Kiernan
  • settler Christianity, J.W. de Gruchy
  • mission Christianity, C. Villa-Vicencio
  • the impact of white settlement on African traditional religions, J. Kiernan
  • Christianity in the 20th-century, J.W. de Gruchy
  • the African independent churches, J. Kiernan
  • Islam, E. Moosa
  • the Jewish community, J. Hellig
  • Hinduism, Maxwell, Diesel and Naidoo
  • Chinese religion in South Africa, A. Song
  • Buddhism and Chinese religion in South Africa, L.H. van Loon and A. Song
  • Jains and Parsees in South Africa, G.C. Oosthuizen. Appendices: important events in the history of South Africa's religions
  • religious affiliation in South Africa.

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