Statistics on religious affiliation in Africa are often questionable - partly because of religion’s link to ethnicity and politics.
- Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mort le 26 décembre 2021, l’archevêque Desmond Tutu n’a pas cessé de lutter pour les droits humains après la fin de l’apartheid en 1994, continuant à se battre pour les opprimés toute sa vie.
El arzobispo sudafricano no dejó de luchar por los derechos humanos una vez que el apartheid llegó a su fin formal en 1994, y siguió censurando a los políticos que abusaban de su poder.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu didn’t stop his fight for human rights once apartheid came to a formal end in 1994. He continued to speak critically against politicians who abused their power.
Many academics, including myself, have explored why free higher education is not economically viable in South Africa. Money is not the only issue, though. Quality also matters. And the two go hand in hand…
Religious conversion sometimes has the added bonus of upward social mobility. But for many in South Africa’s Indian community it had the opposite effect.
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
The furore over atheism in Kenya comes at a time of slow but steady growth in the number of people unaffiliated to any religion, thanks to religious discontent and access to scientific knowledge.
Given the conservative stand of the Catholic Church on gays and lesbians, Pope Francis had a wonderful opportunity to extend his message of tolerance to both the religious and social realms.
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