Moments of Insurgency: Christianity in South African Politics, from the 18th Century to Today

Landau, Paul S.

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“…Descriptions of Africans as inherently or even 'incurably' (Parrinder 1969, 235) religious resonate today, as Africa often continues to be imagined as a continent characterized by a high level of religiosity that marks its distance from the modern secular world (cf. Landau 2015). Platvoet and Van Rinsum (2003, 8) criticize views of Africa as 'incurably' religious because such representations uphold a 'mythic dichotomy of religious Africa versus secular Europe'.…”

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Regulating Religious Coexistence

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This research would not have been possible without my research participants, whom I thank for so generously sharing their time, knowledge, struggles, and aspirations with me. I regard it as an exceptional privilege to be introduced to worlds that were previously largely unknown to me. I particularly appreciate those who have taken me along on their endeavours across various civil society settings in Malindi: I have learned so much from their incredible capacity to work with people from diverse institutional, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. I am also deeply grateful to all of those who supported me during this research project, welcoming me into their homes, their maskani, and their families. Although there are many people that I would like to thank by mentioning their names, they remain anonymous in this dissertation.On the level of scholarly support, I am indebted most of all to my supervisors, Birgit Meyer and Lucien van Liere. I cannot thank Birgit enough for seeing potential in me after I visited her office in Utrecht to discuss my plans for a PhD project with her in February 2014. I appreciate all the precious support, coaching, and feedback that she has given me, from the initial stage when this project was no more than a proposal that we eventually submitted to the Dutch Research Council (NWO), until the final edits were made to this thesis in May 2021. I also thank Birgit for reading so many drafts of lectures, chapters, blogs, and articles in between.I am also very appreciative of my second supervisor, Lucien van Liere, who always found a way to make time to discuss my project. I will always cherish our invigorating conversations next to Lucien's immense bookcase in his office in Utrecht, and the many trips we made to Ludwig for coffee. Lucien and I co-taught the course 'Religion and Conflict' at Utrecht University several times during my project, and I am also grateful to him for giving me a brilliant example of how teaching can be done in an interactive, engaged, and intellectually stimulating manner.In July 2016, at the outset of my project, I received a lot of help and feedback at the 'Muslims and Christians in Africa' summer school that was organized at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. I had valuable conversations with

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Moments of Insurgency: Christianity in South African Politics, from the 18th Century to Today

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