03920cam a2200565Mi 4500 on1032351343 OCoLC 20200709060620.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 180425s2017 sa ob 001 0 eng d YDX eng YDX OCLCQ U3W JSTOR OCLCF YDX N$T 1032579664 1032686971 9781776141029 (electronic bk.) 1776141024 (electronic bk.) 9781776140572 1776140575 1885308 (N$T) (OCoLC)1032351343 (OCoLC)1032579664 (OCoLC)1032686971 22573/ctt22hn4d7 JSTOR BL2765.S6 L43 2017 LAW 018000 bisacsh REL 084000 bisacsh 211.60968 23 MAIN Leatt, Dhammamegha Annie, author. The state of secularism : religion, tradition and democracy in South Africa / Dhammamegha Annie Leatt. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2017. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Dutch Reformed Church, it was said in apartheid South Africa, was the National Party at prayer, and indeed, given that the Bible was so fundamental to much of the legislation that governed the apartheid state, that apparently satirical description had the ring of truth. {u2018}Religion in South Africa{u2019}s past{u2019}, writes Dhammamegha Annie Leatt has been {u2018}saturated by politics{u2019} and politics {u2018}saturated by religion{u2019}. So how, she asks, was it possible for a new state to found itself without religious authority? Why did the churches give up so much of their political role in the transition? How can we think about tradition and the customary in relation to secularism? How can we not? In The State of Secularism Leatt guides the reader from a history of global political secularism through an exploration of the roles played by religion and traditional authority in apartheid South Africa to the position of religion in the post-apartheid state. She analyses the negotiations relating to religion in the constitution-making process, arguing, that South Africa is both secular in its Constitution and judicial foundations and increasingly non-secular in its embrace of traditional authorities and customary law. In the final chapter Leatt turns her attention to post-apartheid South Africa, examining changing relationships between churches and the ruling African National Congress and the increasing influence of traditional leaders and evangelical Christians in an anti-liberal alliance. This book makes a tremendous contribution to the literature on postcolonial politics on the African continent. It has wonderful insights into the founding of a constitutional democracy in South African and will appeal to students in history, politics, sociology and anthropology and constitutional law. Added to collection customer.56279.3 Secularism South Africa. Religion and state South Africa. South Africa Politics and government. LAW / Constitutional bisacsh Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741 Religion and state. fast (OCoLC)fst01093863 Secularism. fast (OCoLC)fst01110732 South Africa. fast (OCoLC)fst01204616 Electronic books. Print version: 9781776140572 1776140575 (OCoLC)1021048654 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1885308 YBP Library Services YANK 15688556 YBP Library Services YANK 15315338 EBSCOhost EBSC 1885308 92 N$T 57650 57650