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A Secularisation of a Sacred Ideology? Civil Religion and Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Tanzania

Olsson, Hans LU (2011) European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 4 p.1-10
Abstract
The paper discusses the legacy of the ujamaa ideology in contemporary Tanzania through the concept of civil religion and current strives along inter-religious and intra-religious lines. By using Demerath III's theory on secularisation and sacralisation, contemporary religious voices in Tanzania are intepreted as agents of secularisation that desacralises the now sacred legacy of the ujamaa ideology, the primarly building block of the Tanzanian nation.
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unpublished
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keywords
ujamaa., religious politics, inter-religious relations, sacralisation, civil religion, secularisation, religion, Tanzania
pages
10 pages
conference name
European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 4
conference location
Uppsala, Sweden
conference dates
2011-06-15 - 2011-06-18
language
English
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yes
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2fcf8bb1-c39e-4505-bbc3-1192979a79ab (old id 2157427)
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2016-04-04 14:34:56
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  author       = {{Olsson, Hans}},
  keywords     = {{ujamaa.; religious politics; inter-religious relations; sacralisation; civil religion; secularisation; religion; Tanzania}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--10}},
  title        = {{A Secularisation of a Sacred Ideology? Civil Religion and Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Tanzania}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6393341/2157440.pdf}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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