Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 492 g
Reihe: Liturgia Condenda
Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 492 g
Reihe: Liturgia Condenda
ISBN: 978-90-429-3833-5
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
In Sub-Saharan Africa Christianity is experiencing unprecedented growth
and many people worship on a regular basis. Simultaneously, many parts
of Sub-Saharan Africa experience challenges such as poverty and
inequality. Given this reality and these challenges, a group of
international scholars investigated the ritual practices of one of the
fastest growing traditions, namely African Independent Churches, over a
period of more than four years. The research team set out to explore the
role of religious rituals in social capital formation and social
development at community level in an African Independent Church in South
Africa. This book is the final, comprehensive and synthesising product
in which the international and interdisciplinary team of scholars from
theology, religion and development present their findings.
The book is structured into three parts that reflects its theoretical, empirical and evaluative dimensions. In part I, theoretical perspectives are offered on the main conceptual apparatus of the book and the authors’ own understanding of the nexus between the different concepts. In part II, the theoretical arguments of the book are further worked out by means of eight explorations comprising of qualitative field work research in the religious milieus of African Independent worshippers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In part III, a final set of chapters, by reflecting on the case studies in part II, offer wider appreciations and applications of the role religious ritual in social capital formation. This includes reflections on the African notion of ubuntu and the challenges that the ritual lens offers to policy makers in South African society, but also African society and the global South more generally speaking when seeking answers to the problem of development.
The book is structured into three parts that reflects its theoretical, empirical and evaluative dimensions. In part I, theoretical perspectives are offered on the main conceptual apparatus of the book and the authors’ own understanding of the nexus between the different concepts. In part II, the theoretical arguments of the book are further worked out by means of eight explorations comprising of qualitative field work research in the religious milieus of African Independent worshippers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In part III, a final set of chapters, by reflecting on the case studies in part II, offer wider appreciations and applications of the role religious ritual in social capital formation. This includes reflections on the African notion of ubuntu and the challenges that the ritual lens offers to policy makers in South African society, but also African society and the global South more generally speaking when seeking answers to the problem of development.
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