Engaging Modernity - Methods and Cases for Studying African Independent Churches in South Africa

List of contents

Introduction by Dawid Venter
A Conceptual Perspective
Concepts and Theories in the Study of African Independent Churches by Dawid Venter
African Independent Churches and Modernity by Jim Kiernan
A Community Perspective
Combining Ehtnographic and Survey Methods for a Local Comparative Study of African Independent Churches by Robert Garner
African Independent Churches and Economic Development in Edendale by Robert Garner
A National Perspective
A Methodology for a National and Comparative Study of African Independent Churches by Lawrencia Kwark
Reinvention of Tradition in African Independent Churches as Means of Engaging Modernity by Lawrencia Kwark
A Global Perspective
Methodological Issues of Applying a World System to a Literature Study of African Independent Churches by Dawid Venter
Globalization and the Cultural Effects of the World Economy in a Semiperiphery: the Emergence of Zionist Churches in the Transkei by Dawid Venter
Epilogue
The Future of the African Independent Churches Movement by Robert Garner
Glossary
Index
About the Contributors

About the author

DAWID J. VENTER is Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. An assistant editor of the official South African journal of sociology, Venter has concentrated on the intersections of religion, politics, and the global system. He holds a Ph.D in religion (l994) and a Ph.D in sociology (l999), both from the University of Stellenbosch.

Product details

• Authors: Dawid Venter
• Assisted by: Dawid J. Venter (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2004
• EAN: 9780275969035
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96903-5
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Southern Africa, Physical anthropology, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Tribal religions, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal