{"product_id":"9789042938335-bonding-in-worship-a-ritual-lens-on-social-capital-in-african-independent-churches-in-south-africa","title":"Bonding in Worship","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Ritual Lens on Social Capital in African Independent Churches in South Africa\u003cbr\u003eIn Sub-Saharan Africa Christianity is experiencing unprecedented growth       and many people worship on a regular basis. Simultaneously, many parts       of Sub-Saharan Africa experience challenges such as poverty and       inequality. Given this reality and these challenges, a group of       international scholars investigated the ritual practices of one of the       fastest growing traditions, namely African Independent Churches, over a       period of more than four years. The research team set out to explore the       role of religious rituals in social capital formation and social       development at community level in an African Independent Church in South       Africa. This book is the final, comprehensive and synthesising product       in which the international and interdisciplinary team of scholars from       theology, religion and development present their findings.               The book is structured into three parts that reflects its theoretical,       empirical and evaluative dimensions. In part I, theoretical perspectives       are offered on the main conceptual apparatus of the book and the       authors’ own understanding of the nexus between the different concepts.       In part II, the theoretical arguments of the book are further worked out       by means of eight explorations comprising of qualitative field work       research in the religious milieus of African Independent worshippers in       KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In part III, a final       set of chapters, by reflecting on the case studies in part II, offer       wider appreciations and applications of the role religious ritual in       social capital formation. This includes reflections on the African       notion of ubuntu and the challenges that the ritual lens offers       to policy makers in South African society, but also African society and       the global South more generally speaking when seeking answers to the       problem of development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55170862252406,"sku":"9789042938335","price":93.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26408216.jpg?v=1737410523","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042938335-bonding-in-worship-a-ritual-lens-on-social-capital-in-african-independent-churches-in-south-africa","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}