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The law and the prophets : Black consciousness in South Africa, 1968-1977 / Daniel R. Magaziner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magaziner, Daniel R.
- Series:
- New African histories series.
- New African histories series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Race identity--South Africa--History.
- Black people.
- Black nationalism--South Africa--History.
- Black nationalism.
- Black nationalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History.
- Anti-apartheid movements.
- Anti-apartheid movements--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Black theology.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978.
- South Africa.
- Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa--History.
- Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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...
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821443309
- 0821443305
- OCLC:
- 694096985
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