Statecraft, Witchcraft, God’s Craft: Religious Diversity and the Forces of Law in South Africa
Legal anthropologists and sociologists of religion increasingly recognize the importance of law in current controversies over religious diversity. Drawing on the case of South Africa, this article explores how such controversies are shaped by contestations over what counts as ‘religion’. Analyzing t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-284 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Religious pluralism
/ Jurisdiction
/ Religion
/ Definition
/ State power
/ Traditional rule
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Religious Diversity
South Africa
law
African Traditional Religion
Christianity
witchcraft
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Volltext (Verlag) |