Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Religious Studies in South(ern) Africa |
Author: | Clasquin, Michel |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Journal for the Study of Religion |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 5-22 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | South Africa Botswana Namibia |
Subjects: | religious studies higher education Religion and Witchcraft Education and Oral Traditions |
Abstract: | By the end of 2003, the merger of universities and other tertiary educational institutions stood to reshape the study of religion in South Africa, which has made the position of smaller disciplines, such as religious studies, quite precarious. Following a discussion of previous overviews of the state of religious studies in South Africa, this paper charts the current state of religious studies in the country and some of its neighbours, mainly in terms of tuition but also with some reference to research, in this way providing a static view of the discipline as it stands before the developments from 2004 onwards. Also, it extrapolates possible future developments. Attention is paid to religious studies at, amongst others, the University of Cape Town (UCT), the University of Durban-Westville (UDW), the University of South Africa (Unisa), the University of the Free State, the University of Venda for Science and Technology, the University of Botswana and the University of Namibia. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |