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Religious Diversity and the Forma1'Ion of Closed Cultural Systems, or When Does Religion Turn Bad?

Religious Diversity and the Forma1'Ion of Closed Cultural Systems, or When Does Religion Turn Bad? <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This programmatic article investigates a single aspect of culture that regulates religious expression and the construction of identity. A brief overviem of four types of religio found in South Africa serves to illustrate the significant role of the media of communication in religious expression. Indigenous traditional religions operate within a pure oral culture, the Ibandla Amanazeretha of Isaiah Shembe operates within a 're-discovered' oral culture and Islam has its roots in an oral-manuscript culture, while conventional Protestantism has the heritage of a religion that operates within the culture of the printed media. The article finally considers the question of how a better understanding of religious culture can help to prevent religion from developing into a hegerreonic ideology. The article contributes to interdisciplinary debate.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Theology Brill

Religious Diversity and the Forma1'Ion of Closed Cultural Systems, or When Does Religion Turn Bad?

Loubser, J.A. BOBBY
Religion and Theology , Volume 11 (3-4): 256 – Jan 1, 2004
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1023-0807
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1574-3012
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10.1163/157430104X00122
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<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This programmatic article investigates a single aspect of culture that regulates religious expression and the construction of identity. A brief overviem of four types of religio found in South Africa serves to illustrate the significant role of the media of communication in religious expression. Indigenous traditional religions operate within a pure oral culture, the Ibandla Amanazeretha of Isaiah Shembe operates within a 're-discovered' oral culture and Islam has its roots in an oral-manuscript culture, while conventional Protestantism has the heritage of a religion that operates within the culture of the printed media. The article finally considers the question of how a better understanding of religious culture can help to prevent religion from developing into a hegerreonic ideology. The article contributes to interdisciplinary debate.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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