tracking the sacred in South Africa Chidester, David. creator text bibliography Electronic books cau Berkeley University of California Press 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages) Wild Religion is a wild ride through recent South African history from the advent of democracy in 1994 to the euphoria of the football World Cup in 2010. In the context of South Africa's political journey and religious diversity, David Chidester explores African indigenous religious heritage with a difference. As the spiritual dimension of an African Renaissance, indigenous religion has been recovered in South Africa as a national resource. Wild Religion analyses indigenous rituals of purification on Robben Island, rituals of healing and reconciliation at the new national shrine, Freedom Park. Going wild -- Mapping the sacred -- Violence -- Fundamentalisms -- Heritage -- Dreamscapes -- Purity -- Power -- World Cup -- Staying wild. David Chidester. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-sa--- Religion and sociology South Africa Cults South Africa Nativistic movements South Africa Cultural pluralism South Africa South Africa Religion South Africa Religious life and customs RELIGION History TRAVEL Special Interest Religious RELIGION Comparative Religion Cults Cultural pluralism Nativistic movements Religion Religion and sociology South Africa Religionsethnologie Ritus Südafrika BL2470.S6 C47 2012eb 200.968 Chidester, David. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011042261 9780520951570 0520951573 22573/cttt2f9c JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=450753 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=450753 E7B 111007 20200709055526.0 ocn794493900 eng