The Law and the Prophets [[electronic resource] ] : Black Consciousness in South Africa, 1968-1977
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| Autore: |
Magaziner Daniel R
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| Titolo: |
The Law and the Prophets [[electronic resource] ] : Black Consciousness in South Africa, 1968-1977
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, OH, : Ohio University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.896/06809047 |
| 305.89606809047 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- History |
| Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa -- History | |
| Black theology | |
| Black people - Race identity - History - South Africa | |
| Black nationalism - History - South Africa | |
| Black nationalism - Religious aspects - Christianity - South Africa | |
| Anti-apartheid movements - History | |
| Anti-apartheid movements - Christianity - Religious aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Law and the Prophets |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4330-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791406303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New African histories series