By: David Chidester (Editor), etc. (Editor)

Hardcover

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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.

With special attention to historical and social conditions, this work examines the distinctively South African forms of these important minority religions in South Africa. In each section, an introductory essay identifies significant themes. The bibliography annotations that follow are concise yet detailed essays, written in an engaging and accessible style and supported by an exhaustive index. The book, therefore, provides a full and complex profile of three religious traditions that are firmly located in South African history and society.

"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

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
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ISBN: 9780313304729
ISBN-10: 0313304726
Series: Bibliographies & Indexes in Religious Studies
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 310
Published: 7th August 1997
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.612