Traditional African religions in South African law
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Traditional African religions in South African law
UCT Press, 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index
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内容説明
Traditional African beliefs, together with African cultural traditions, are enjoying a new-found respect in South Africa, due in large part to the advent of the country's democratic Constitution. Even so, Traditional African Religion is poorly understood and, in spite of constitutional guarantees, receives far from equal treatment. Throughout Africa, there is a strong tendency to equate indigenous beliefs with culture. And because religion is always taken more seriously than culture, this means that traditional beliefs do not attract the respect they deserve. The overall purpose of this book is to consider whether indigenous African religions, independent African churches and traditional practices such as traditional healing, witchcraft, animal sacrifice, circumcision, marriage and burial deserve constitutional protection and recognition by the state. This book thus explores the legal and constitutional implications of traditional religion and, in particular, the state's intervention in them.
目次
- Introduction: the definition of traditional African religions
- the relationship between traditional religions, Christianity and Islam - the growth of independent churches
- religion vs culture
- the Constitutional framework for the protection of religious rights and freedoms
- description of San beliefs
- witchcraft and statecraft - liberal democracy in Africa
- African discourses on witchcraft and evil
- evaluating African traditional religion in pluralistic Africa - a case of relevance, resilience and pragmatism
- traditional healing - state support and control
- superstition and the criminal law - a cultural defence in South Africa?
- recognition of traditional religions for state purposes - reality or dream?
- rethinking African religious practices in matters of marriage and death in an (in?) tolerant South Africa
- Ubuntu in traditional religion - 'Metaphysical pragmatism'.
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