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A Secularisation of a Sacred Ideology? Civil Religion and Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Tanzania

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Author

  • Hans Olsson

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

1-10

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • ujamaa.
  • religious politics
  • inter-religious relations
  • sacralisation
  • civil religion
  • secularisation
  • religion
  • Tanzania

Conference name

European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 4

Conference date

2011-06-15 - 2011-06-18

Conference place

Uppsala, Sweden

Status

Unpublished