Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive guide to three global religions that have established strong local communities in South Africa, this work is a valuable resource for scholars, students in religious studies, African studies, anthropology, and history. Beginning with a general introduction to the immigrant origins, minority status, and global connections of each tradition, the book proceeds to organize and generously annotate the literature according to religion. This volume, combined with two other annotated bibliographies, African Traditional Religion in South Africa and Christianity in South Africa (both Greenwood, 1997), will become the standard reference text for South African religions.
Review
Offer[s] a sound base for further research on the religious experiences of South Africa.The International Journal of African Historical Studies
Review
Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism in South Africa covers the ground in literature that has for a long time remained fallow....Without being moralistic, and by simply exposing the various discourse on such subjects as race, stereotype, anti-Semitism, and religious lables, Chidester, Tobler, and Wratten...challenge the readers to look inwardly, examine themseslves and remove their various masks....[O]pens the door and sets the standard for future scholarship on religious plurality in Africa....Libraries - private or public - are enriched by [this] book.JAAS
Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to three global religions that have established strong local communities in South Africa. A valuable resource for exploring the rich diversity of religion.
About the Author
DAVID CHIDESTER is Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa at the University of Cape Town.JUDY TOBLER is Research Manager for the Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa at the University of Cape Town.DARREL WRATTEN is Lecturer in Religious Studies and Associate Director of the Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa at the University of Cape Town.
Table of Contents
Preface
Global Religions, Local Communities
Islam
General Overviews
Islam in the Cape
Islam in Natal
Islam in the Transvaal
Islamic Education and Jurisprudence
Islam and Politics
Muslim-Christian Relations
Hinduism
General Overviews
Sanatanist Hinduism
Neo-Hinduism
Gandhi in South Africa
Judaism
General Overviews
Judaism in the Cape
Judaism in Natal
Judaism in the Transvaal
Jewish Education and Jurisprudence
Judaism and Politics
Zionism
Anti-Semitism
Index