A Secularisation of a Sacred Ideology? Civil Religion and Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Tanzania
(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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- author
- Olsson, Hans LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- unpublished
- subject
- 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
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 2fcf8bb1-c39e-4505-bbc3-1192979a79ab (old id 2157427)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 14:34:56
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