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UNINA9910821222103321 |
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Autore |
Magaziner Daniel R |
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The law and the prophets : Black consciousness in South Africa, 1968-1977 / / Daniel R. Magaziner |
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Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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New African histories series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Blacks - Race identity - South Africa - History |
Black nationalism - South Africa - History |
Black nationalism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa - History |
Anti-apartheid movements - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Black theology |
South Africa Politics and government 1961-1978 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Seventies; Part I: Making Black Consciousness; 1: Sophiatown after the Fall; 2: "Black man, you are on your own!"; 3: The Age of Philosophers; Part II: Emergent Gospel; 4: Church, State, and the Death of God; 5: Christ in Context; 6: The South African Voice; Part III: The Movement; 7: "I write what I like"; 8: The Age of Politics; 9: Keeping Faith with the Black Messiah; Conclusion: Yesterday Is a Foreign Country; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"No nation can win a battle without faith," Steve Biko wrote, and as Daniel R. Magaziner demonstrates in The Law and the Prophets, the combination of ideological and theological exploration proved a potent force. The 1970's are a decade virtually lost to South African historiography. This span of years bridged the banning and exile of the country's best-known antiapartheid leaders in the early 1960's and the furious protests that erupted after the Soweto uprisings of June 16, 1976. Scholars thus know that something happened-yet they have only recently begun to explore how and why. The Law and... |
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