Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Glossary; Preface; Chapter 1 Thinking secularism from South Africa; Chapter 2 A South African morality tale: Religion, tradition and racialised rule; Chapter 3 Negotiated consensus and religious rights; Chapter 4 Re-establishing traditional authority; Chapter 5 The spirit of a new South Africa; Chapter 6 Secular constitutionalism in South Africa?; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix 1 Postamble to the interim constitution; Appendix 2 Excerpts from the final constitution; A note on archival sources; Bibliography; Index
Summary
A history of global political secularism by comparing religion and traditional authority in apartheid South Africa with the post-apartheid state focussing on an analysis of tensions between secularity (in South Africa's Constitution and judicial foundations) and increasing non-secularity (in its embrace of traditional authorities and customary law)
