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South African Academy of Religion. Congress (1st : 1994 : Pretoria, South Africa) |
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dc.contributor.editor |
De Gruchy, John W.
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dc.contributor.editor |
Martin, S.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-10-14T08:39:09Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-10-14T08:39:09Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1995 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
0869819437 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
9780869819432 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19562 |
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dc.description.tableofcontents |
Contents: Introduction / John W. de Gruchy (pages i-xiv) -- I. Introductory issues. Chapter 1. Religion and identity : clues and threads / Michael Pye (pages 18-39) -- Chapter 2. The importance of starting from both ends : an appreciative response to Michael Pye's keynote address / John S. Cumpsty (pages 4-18) -- II. Religion and religious traditions. A. Theoretical and comparative perspectives. Chapter 3. Contextualising the category formation in religious studies / Pratap Kumar (pages 43-56) -- Chapter 4. Religion through another set of glasses : the challenge of a different optic / Gerhard van den Heever (pages 57-74) -- Chapter 5. Spiritual experience in three contemporaries : Dom Henri Le Saux, Vandana Mataji RSCJ and Fr. D.S. Amalorpavadass, and its significance for inter-religious dialogue and social responsibility / Felicity Edwards (pages 75-89) -- Chapter 6. Gestures of dismissal, policies of containment : from denial to discovery in Southern African comparative religion / David Chidester (pages 90-105) -- B. Religions in South Africa. Chapter 7. The myth of Jewish power / Jocelyn Hellig (pages 109-124) -- |
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Chapter 8. Radical religion and civil society : the Unitarians of South Africa / Eric Heller-Wagner (pages 125-151) -- Chapter 9. Pronouncing truth, exploiting belief : the place of the African diviner in religion and society / J.P Kiernan (pages 152-165) -- III. Religion and social change in South Africa. A. Religion and reconstruction. Chapter 10. Rorty, rights and religion : the contribution of South African religions to a shared value system / Ronald Nicolson (pages 169-188) -- Chapter 11. The role of religion in promoting democratic values in a post apartheid era / Bongajalo Goba (pages 189-199) -- Chapter 12. Religion and cultural identity : a perspective gleaned from the Abrahamic Faiths / Pieter J.J.S Els (pages 200-213) -- Chapter 13. Taking the third public seriously / Bernard Lategan (pages 217-230) -- Chapter 14. Blessed are the powerful : Christian righteousness and the redistribution of power / Cornel du Toit (pages 231-243) -- Chapter 15. Women consider Jesus / Susan Rakoczy (pages 244-260) -- Chapter 16. From 'difference' to connectedness : a feminist view of the question of difference / Denise Ackermann (pages 261-275) -- C. Civil society and sacred texts. Chapter 17. The individual versus the institution : the Prophet versus his book / Yehoshua Gitay (pages 279-292) -- Chapter 18. Religion and civil society in the gospels : Jesus and the liberation of symbols / Bill Domeris (pages 293-303) -- Chapter 19. The rhetoric of uncivil society : deviance labeling as uncivil discourse / Charles A. Wanamaker (pages 304-315) -- Chapter 20. Buddhist ethics and the South African situation / Michel Clasquin (pages 316-333) -- Chapter 21. The Qur'an in Muslim society : the case of early Islam / Abdulkader Tayob (pages 334-352) |
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dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages) |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
Pretoria : University of South Africa |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Miscellanea congregalia ; 51 |
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dc.subject.classification |
Religion and Philosophy |
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dc.subject.ddc |
261.70968 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Christianity and politics -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Human rights -- South Africa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
National characteristics, South African |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Law and ethics -- History -- 20th century |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
South Africa -- Religion -- 20th century -- Congresses |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Religion and civil society -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses |
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dc.title |
Religion and the reconstruction of civil society : papers from the founding congress of the South African Academy of Religion, January 1994 |
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dc.title.alternative |
Papers from the founding congress of the South African Academy of Religion, January 1994 |
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dc.type |
Book |
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