Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa

Dr. Helga Dickow

doi:10.5771/9783845237961

Summary

Weltweit gewinnt die Pfingstbewegung immer mehr Anhänger – so auch in Südafrika. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Einstellungen der Mitglieder der neuen Pfingstkirchen, von Charismatikern und Wiedergeborenen zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika sowie ihre Religiosität, ihr religiöses Selbstverständnis und ihr soziales Engagement. Dazu wurden Interviews mit Kirchenführern, eine landesweite Repräsentativbefragung – um auch einen Vergleich mit Mitgliedern anderer Kirchen zu ermöglichen –, sowie eine zusätzliche Befragung mit identischen Fragen unter Mitgliedern einer prototypischen neuen charismatischen Kirche in Soweto durchgeführt. Geprägt durch die Erfahrungen der Apartheid zeigen sich die Mitglieder der neuen Pfingstkirchen in Südafrika als demokratischer und der politischen Führung kritischer eingestellt als in anderen Ländern. Oft übernehmen die neuen Pfingstkirchen staatliche Aufgaben, dienen als soziales und wirtschaftliches Netzwerk für ihre aufstiegsorientierten Mitglieder, sehen sich aber gleichzeitig stark in der sozialen Verantwortung. Sie können eine wichtige Rolle beim weiteren Versöhnungsprozess in Südafrika spielen.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-7049-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-3796-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 214
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8
1. Introduction No access Pages 9 - 10
2. Method No access Pages 10 - 11
3. From single-church dominance to plurality: South Africa's church landscape No access Pages 11 - 12
4. Dutch Reformed Churches No access Pages 12 - 14
5. Other Protestant and Reformed Churches No access Pages 14 - 15
6. Roman Catholic Church No access Pages 15 - 15
7. African Indigenous/Initiated/Independent Churches No access Pages 15 - 17
8. Old and New Pentecostal Churches No access Pages 17 - 20
1. Method No access Pages 21 - 28
2. 1. Foundation and history No access Pages 28 - 29
  2. Growth No access Pages 29 - 30
  3. Composition of the membership No access Pages 30 - 31
  4. Organisation and leadership structures No access Pages 31 - 35
  5. Training No access Pages 35 - 36
  6. Church services No access Pages 36 - 38
  7. Altar call No access Pages 38 - 39
3. 1. Emphasis on the Holy Spirit No access Pages 39 - 42
  2. Attempts to differentiate: Pentecostal – charismatic No access Pages 42 - 46
4. 1. Cell group No access Pages 46 - 47
  2. Voluntary functions and integration of members into church life No access Pages 47 - 49
  3. Exploiting the new media No access Pages 49 - 49
5. National and international organisation No access Pages 49 - 51
6. Financing No access Pages 51 - 52
7. 1. Networking No access Pages 52 - 53
  2. Potential for prosperity No access Pages 53 - 56
8. 1. Social functions No access Pages 56 - 57
  2. Training and continuing education No access Pages 57 - 57
  3. Getting youth off the street No access Pages 57 - 58
9. 1. Consequences of the experiences of the apartheid era No access Pages 58 - 60
  2. Churches in the new South Africa No access Pages 60 - 62
  3. Controversial issues No access Pages 62 - 63
  4. South African constitution No access Pages 63 - 64
  5. Homosexuality/Abortion No access Pages 64 - 65
  6. Death penalty No access Pages 65 - 66
10. 1. Leadership/Abuse of power No access Pages 66 - 69
  2. Succession planning No access Pages 69 - 70
  3. Gender issues No access Pages 70 - 70
11. 1. Self-assessment No access Pages 70 - 74
  2. Assessment by other churches No access Pages 74 - 78
12. Summary No access Pages 78 - 80
1. Map of society: The social and economic break-down of the sample No access Pages 81 - 84
2. The sociocultural break-down within the population groups No access Pages 84 - 87
3. Does gender matter? No access Pages 87 - 87
4. Peculiarities in marital status No access Pages 87 - 88
5. Respondents’ age structure No access Pages 88 - 89
6. Socio-economic break-down, urban-rural dichotomy and break-down by province No access Pages 89 - 91
7. Education, occupation and income – mutually reinforcing factors also in South Africa No access Pages 91 - 92
8. 1. Denomination and social characteristics No access Pages 92 - 97
  2. Reborns and changing church No access Pages 97 - 101
9. 1. Religiosity No access Pages 101 - 107
  2. Religious tolerance and practice No access Pages 107 - 110
  3. Religion and politics No access Pages 110 - 116
10. 1. Changes as a result of being reborn No access Pages 116 - 118
  2. Self-experience and the appeal of the Charismatic Church No access Pages 118 - 124
  3. Theological orientations among Christians No access Pages 124 - 128
11. 1. People’s perceptions of themselves No access Pages 128 - 132
  2. Perceptions of other groups No access Pages 132 - 133
  3. Interreligious and interethnic marriages No access Pages 133 - 135
12. 1. Perceptions of conflict No access Pages 135 - 136
  2. Ethnic and cultural diversity No access Pages 136 - 140
13. 1. Factors of success and scarcities No access Pages 140 - 143
  2. Work, working environment and personal expectations No access Pages 143 - 147
  3. Social differences No access Pages 147 - 153
14. 1. Fear or confidence in the future No access Pages 153 - 157
  2. Powerlessness and change No access Pages 157 - 159
15. 1. Political information and perceptions of political problems No access Pages 159 - 166
  2. South African politicians and their followers No access Pages 166 - 169
  3. South Africa's political party landscape and the social profile of their voters No access Pages 169 - 175
16. 1. Democratic attitudes No access Pages 175 - 179
  2. Attitudes on political systems and administration No access Pages 179 - 182
  3. Forms of resistance and protest No access Pages 182 - 184
17. 1. Grace Bible Church No access Pages 184 - 185
  2. Itineraries: Paths leading to Grace Bible Church No access Pages 185 - 187
  3. Reasons for change of denomination No access Pages 187 - 188
  4. More religious than others No access Pages 188 - 189
  5. Have more fundamental beliefs than others No access Pages 189 - 191
  6. More socially engaged than others No access Pages 191 - 192
  7. Social capital and outlook on life No access Pages 192 - 196
  8. Status consciousness No access Pages 196 - 197
  9. Political orientations No access Pages 197 - 198
  10. Outlook on the future No access Pages 198 - 199
  11. Conclusion No access Pages 199 - 202
18. Comparison between the representative sample and the subsample of charismatics and members of Grace Bible Church No access Pages 202 - 206
Bibliography No access Pages 207 - 214