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Titre(s) : Bonding in worship [Texte imprimé] : a ritual lens on social capital in African independent churches / Cas Wepener, Ignatius Swart, Gerrie ter Haar,... [et al.]
Publication : Leuven : Peeters, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (333 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Liturgia Condenda ; 30
Lien à la collection : Liturgia condenda
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [315]-332. Notes bibliogr. Index
In Sub-Saharan Africa Christianity is experiencing unprecedented growth and many people
worship on a regular basis. Simultaneously, many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa experience
challenges such as poverty and inequality. Given this reality and these challenges,
a group of international scholars investigated the ritual practices of one of the
fastest growing traditions, namely African Independent Churches, over a period of
more than four years. The research team set out to explore the role of religious rituals
in social capital formation and social development at community level in an African
Independent Church in South Africa. This book is the final, comprehensive and synthesising
product in which the international and interdisciplinary team of scholars from theology,
religion and development present their findings.0The book is structured into three
parts that reflects its theoretical, empirical and evaluative dimensions. In part
I, theoretical perspectives are offered on the main conceptual apparatus of the book
and the authors? own understanding of the nexus between the different concepts. In
part II, the theoretical arguments of the book are further worked out by means of
eight explorations comprising of qualitative field work research in the religious
milieus of African Independent worshippers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape,
South Africa. In part III, a final set of chapters, by reflecting on the case studies
in part II, offer wider appreciations and applications of the role religious ritual
in social capital formation. This includes reflections on the African notion of ubuntu
and the challenges that the ritual lens offers to policy makers in South African society,
but also African society and the global South more generally speaking when seeking
answers to the problem of development
Sujet(s) : Églises africaines indépendantes
Communautés chrétiennes -- Afrique du Sud
Capital culturel -- Religion
Cultes -- Afrique subsaharienne
Cultes -- Afrique du Sud
Vie religieuse -- Afrique du Sud
Indice(s) Dewey :
204.4 (23e éd.) = Vie et pratiques religieuses (religion)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789042938335. - ISBN 9042938331
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45793303t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45793303
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Table des matières : Introduction. A ritual lens on social capital / Cas Wepener, Ignatius Swart, Gerrie
ter Haar, Marcel Barnard ; Beyond the useless/useful trap. A theory of ritual and
worship reconsidered / Marcel Barnard, Cas Wepener, Johan Cilliers ; From social
capital to religious social capital. Towards addressing the missing element of religious
ritual / Ignatius Swart, Gerrie ter Haar ; Initiating research on AIC rituals / Cas
Wepener, Marcel Barnard ; The life of founder Bishop Johannes Richmond. The invention
of tradition and social cohesion in the CCSA / Cas Wepener ; Reverend Pungula Wellington
Dingani. Leadership in the Corinthian Church in Phepheni / Marcel Barnard, Ian Nell,
Henry Mbaya ; Sunday worship in Phepheni. A descriptive exploration / Cas Wepener,
Henry Mbaya, Marcel Barnard ; Eating and drinking. Measurements and recipies for
social capital / Cas Wepener ; To be healed and (re)connected. The wonder of water
/ Cas Wepener, Bethel Müller ; Isitshisa. Appreciating a ritual sacrifice / Henry
Mbaya ; Belief, behaviour and belonging. The changing ritual of preaching and worship
/ Bethel Müller, Cas Wepener ; Esias Meyer Rituals and social capital in the book
of Leviticus? Rituals of death among the northern Sotho people and the Zion Christian
Church of Limpopo Province / Selaelo Thias Kgatla ; The new lens. Challenging the
policy makers / Marthie Momberg ; The new lens. An African Christian's religious
critique / Abamfo Atiemo ; Concluding word. A ritual lens on social capital / Cas
Wepener, Ignatius Swart.