Songs and hymns shape faith and play a part in shaping political landscapes. They can be used to build or maintain power as well as to critique and challenge it. This has been true for South Africa, and some brief examples will be given. But this article focuses on hymns and patriotic songs from the time of the British Empire and explores how they portray power, entrench superiority or build a common, global Christian identity
Racial divisions, polarisation and tensions are on the rise in South Africa today. A democratic drea...
This article engages with the religious dimension of the politics of anti-slavery/trafficking and pr...
CITATION: Muller, R. 2019. The Dutch Reformed Church, mission enthusiasts and push and pull of empir...
As Apartheid developed in South Africa, political, cultural, and religious resistance emerged. This ...
Arguably, a national anthem defines a country’s identity. Globally, it it regarded as a symbol of na...
The Constitution of South Africa has been taken as a model globally as it supports non-discriminatio...
This essay analyses localised hymn tunes from the College of the Transfiguration (Anglican seminary)...
In this thesis, I examine how the patriotic songs found in the FAK songbook helped maintain the cont...
This article provides a succinct history of Anglican cathedral and parish music in the Western Cape ...
Not many Protestant countries in the world have been as influenced by faith as South Africa. Althou...
This article documents one year (1900) in the musical life of a colonial Anglican cathedral in Graha...
Many communities around the world have taken part in songs and dance or have witnessed roles played ...
There are few more explicit documents of the interconnection of hymnody, mobility, and coloniality t...
South Africa is a nation that was born from a struggle that can be said to have turned racial divisi...
This article explores the interrelationships between Christian choruses and South African songs of t...
Racial divisions, polarisation and tensions are on the rise in South Africa today. A democratic drea...
This article engages with the religious dimension of the politics of anti-slavery/trafficking and pr...
CITATION: Muller, R. 2019. The Dutch Reformed Church, mission enthusiasts and push and pull of empir...
As Apartheid developed in South Africa, political, cultural, and religious resistance emerged. This ...
Arguably, a national anthem defines a country’s identity. Globally, it it regarded as a symbol of na...
The Constitution of South Africa has been taken as a model globally as it supports non-discriminatio...
This essay analyses localised hymn tunes from the College of the Transfiguration (Anglican seminary)...
In this thesis, I examine how the patriotic songs found in the FAK songbook helped maintain the cont...
This article provides a succinct history of Anglican cathedral and parish music in the Western Cape ...
Not many Protestant countries in the world have been as influenced by faith as South Africa. Althou...
This article documents one year (1900) in the musical life of a colonial Anglican cathedral in Graha...
Many communities around the world have taken part in songs and dance or have witnessed roles played ...
There are few more explicit documents of the interconnection of hymnody, mobility, and coloniality t...
South Africa is a nation that was born from a struggle that can be said to have turned racial divisi...
This article explores the interrelationships between Christian choruses and South African songs of t...
Racial divisions, polarisation and tensions are on the rise in South Africa today. A democratic drea...
This article engages with the religious dimension of the politics of anti-slavery/trafficking and pr...
CITATION: Muller, R. 2019. The Dutch Reformed Church, mission enthusiasts and push and pull of empir...