Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the bottom end of the social ladder to make sense of their world. This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage plays an important role in reintegrating some of those fragmented worlds into something approaching wholeness. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.
| ISBN: | 9781032099224 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2021 |
| Author: | Retief Müller |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Genres: |
Christianity Social groups: religious groups and communities Other religions and spiritual beliefs Regional geography Religion: general Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church |
Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the bottom end of the social ladder to make sense of their world. This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage plays an important role in reintegrating some of those fragmented worlds into something approaching wholeness. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.
African Pilgrimage features in the following genres: Christianity, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, Regional geography, Religion: general, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
African Pilgrimage is available in Paperback, Hardback
African Pilgrimage was written by Retief Müller and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
African Pilgrimage has 222 pages
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