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African religion and religion education
Bibliography: leaves 124-129.
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| author | Mndende, Nokuzola |
| author2 | Chidester, David |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13864 African religion and religion education Mndende, Nokuzola Chidester, David African Religion Bibliography: leaves 124-129. The concept of religion in South Africa has been distorted by religious and racial prejuidices. This problem is particularly evident in public schools South African schools have taught Christianity as the only authentic religion, in fact as the only truth. Black parents have not been given a choice of religion for their children. The white government has decided for them Based on the assumption that Christianity is the only legitimate religion, the state has suppressed African indigenous religion at every level of society, but especially in the schools. The thesis examines the indigenous beliefs and practices of the black people in South Africa which were suppressed by Western culture and Christianity. It reveals all the distortions about African Religion by the outside researchers in order to uproot the black people from their way of life so as to colonise them. As a result all the black children are taught to regard Christianity as a "Religion" and their own religion as "culture", the implication being that blacks had no religion until the white man came with Christianity. The thesis also investigates the feelings of the black people about recovering their indigenous religion by having it as a subject in schools. The results reveal that the majority of blacks never dissociated themselves with their religion. Although most are Christians in principle, deep down they practise their own religion. It has also been discovered that there are great lamentations amongst most blacks over the "loss" of some of the indigenous practices. Most have felt alienated from their heritage and identity. It is therefore the interest of the blacks in South Africa that African Religion be taught in schools. 2015-09-14T08:34:08Z 2015-09-14T08:34:08Z 1994 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13864 eng application/pdf Department of Religious Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | African religion and religion education |
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