Organized as the Congo Inland Mission in 1912. Based in Elkhart, Indiana.
Describes their work in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic
of Congo (former Zaire), Lesotho, Senegal, South Africa. Has full
text
articles from their journal, Messenger. Has an e-mail
list. http://www.aimmintl.org/home.htm
Annotated directory of African Christianity, Islam in Africa, Judaism in
Africa, Traditional Religion in Africa, and history and religion on the Internet.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/religion.html
"The ACDP stands for: Christian principles, freedom of religion,
an open market economy, family values, community empowerment and human rights
in a federal system." http://www.acdp.org.za/default.asp
"African Enterprise has been engaged in evangelistic campaigns in Africa
since
1962." Has missions in Kigali, Rwanda, Kampala, Uganda, Accra,
Ghana, and Egypt. Has online issues of their SACLA
News. Janet Museveni, First Lady of Uganda, was keynote speaker at their
conference. Based
in
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa. [KF] http://www.africanenterprise.org.za/
Has the full text of Atoms
and Ancestors, by Frederick B. Welbourn (1968) which Prof. Hexham
cites as "a classic introduction to African religions." Also has
Welbourn's "A Sacral Kingship in Buganda? An Essay in the Meaning of
'Religion," his "Towards a Definition of Religion," and "An
Empirical Approach to Ghosts." Also has:
"Christian
Responses to Witchcraft and Sorcery" by Stephen Hayes, originally
published in Missionalia, Vol 23, No 3, Nov 1995 and
information about Isiah
Shembe, the Zulu prophet and founder of an independent church. The web
site is part of Irving Hexham's
Nurel Home Page.
Hexham isProfessor, Department of Religious Studies, University
of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/africa/africa.htm
Links to South African religious organizations. Information from Prodder.
Hosted on the Amandla Awethu web site. http://www.amandla.org/za/host/relproj.html
"The Baha'i Society represents the ethnical, cultural and religious
diversity of South Africa. It is modelled on the teachings of the Baha'i Faith
which include: - world peace - racial unity - gender equality - universal
education - independent investigation of truth." http://www.wits.ac.za/bahai
Evangelist, faith healer, who founded Christ for all Nations, CfaN. Its
primary focus is Africa. Information on his gospel
campaigns in Benin
(where he met with Pres. Mathieu Kerekou), The Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania,
Togo. Has offices in Nigeria,
Kenya, South Africa. Also has an office
in Sacramento, California. http://www.cfan.org/
Cape Town Area Muslim Network
Announcements only list for people living in the Cape Town area interested
in topics relevant to Muslims. Notices will include introductions to Cape
Town area Islaamic schools, organizations, and masajid, notices of regular
Halaqas, lectures on Islaamic topics, and Muslim Student Association (MSA)
events at area universities. Part of the
http://www.muslimsonline.com/ network. To subscribe, send e-mail to:
majordomo@muslimsonline.com
In the BODY of the message put: subscribe capetown-net
Has a history, biographies of the two bishops, information on the departments,
societies, structure, the Dominican Sisters, etc. http://www.catholic-ct.co.za
Provides names, e-mail addresses. Covers the Southern African Catholic
Bishops' Conference, Dioceses and Parishes, Religious Orders and Congregations,
Catholic Organisations, Catholic Schools, Catholic Health Care, Catholic
Bookshops & Repositories, Catholic Publications, Private Homepages and E-Mail
Addresses of Catholics. Maintained by Father Gérard T. Lagleder O.S.B. http://www.smom-za.org/cidsa/cidsa.htm
"an umbrella organization - consisting of 14 member organizations
- which seeks to co-ordinate a united Christian stand for Righteousness
and truth." Issues statements on public policy issues (abortion, crime
bills, media freedom, land issue, etc.) Publishes a newsletter. Based in
Claremont,
South Africa. http://www.christianaction.org.za/
Probably the most extensive list of sites for Southern
African religious (Christian) organizations. Maintained by Steve Hayes,
Orthodox Society of St. Nicholas of Japan, Arcadia, South Africa.
Main: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/
Southern Africa: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/safrica.htm
Site for the South African Anglican Church. Includes speeches of Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, the May 1995 - May 1996 issues of Southern African Anglican
News, a link to the World Council of Churches.
http://www.cpsa.org.za/
"exist to further the cause of world evangelisation by missionary outreach
to resistant or neglected areas and groups in Southern Africa." Has field
reports from Angola, Namibia, Sudan, Zambia, Mozambique, newsletter reports
on Sudan, Zimbabwe, sells books on related topics. http://www.frontline.org.za
"The Jamiatul Ulama (Council of Muslim Theologians) is involved in
various activities in the service of Islam and Muslims in South
Africa, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal region." Has news about
Muslims in Africa, publishes the "Al-Jamiat"
newspaper (selected articles online) and the "Al-Jamiat" newsletter
in the Zulu language. Has an extensive Islamic
Information Page with information on all aspects of life. [KF] http://www.jamiat.org.za/home.html
Published by the South African Council of Churches. Has the tables of
contents and abstracts of articles for past issues. http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/jtsa/index.htm
The MCC is the relief and development arm of the Mennonite & Brethren
in Christ churches of North America. It has over 700 volunteers in c. 50
developing countries. Has brief accounts of their volunteers' work in South
Africa. http://www.mennonitecc.ca/mcc/
Exhibition of "African artifacts created to communicate with
ancestors, spirits, and gods in order to obtain insight into human quandaries. "Essay
by Professor John Pemberton III, scholar of African religions, explores
five regional traditions and their divination practices.
He has selected the Azande, Luba and Songye, Yaka, Yoruba,
and Malagasy models
of divination. Extensive commentary on figures illustrated. Detailed maps
showing locations of the cultures. Bibliography. [KF] http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/
" A waqf (plural: awqaf) is a permanent, irrevocable transfer of a portion
of one’s movable or immovable assets to Allah for His pleasure. The asset
thus becomes Allah’s property forever." Describes projects. Based
in
Brixton,
South
Africa.
http://www.awqafsa.org.za/
South African Muslim organization, runs a drug counseling center, has
been accused of vigilantism. See the Feb.
1999Mail & Guardian article. Search the Mail & Guardianback issues for other articles.
http://www.pagad.co.za/
Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Massachusetts,
1998. Includes full text papers on Philosophy
in Africa (Polygyny in Africa: A Male's Post-Original Sin or
Rejection of the Primeval Monogyny and Affirmation of Sexual Inequality,
by Zekeh S. Gbotokuma, Ubuntu: An African Assessment of the Religious
Other, by Dirk J. Louw.) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/
The Digital Imaging Project of South
Africa, DISA, is digitizing thirty-five South African periodicals
for free online access. Full text articles are in gif
format. Journal "relating to the Christian standpoint in the face
of the anti-apartheid regime." http://disa.nu.ac.za/
Religious profiles for 54 African countries. 22 maps show the predominant religion, the main minority religion, Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Sunnis, Shia and other branches of Islam, traditional religions, Baha'i, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Atheism, religious freedom, religion and conflict, interesting religious facts, religious change. Includes references. Completed 2007 by Eugene Adogla, funded by a Stanford University grant. http://www.religiouslyremapped.info/
"focuses its research on the role of Christianity within South African
society, particularly with regard to social transformation." http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/
"The central representative institution of the community is the South
African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), to which most of the country's
Hebrew congregations, Jewish societies and institutions are affiliated."
Includes a short history of early Jewish Johannesburg, etc. http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/sa/sajbd/index.htm
Provides "Christocentric, Biblical distance education and training to Christians,
and pastors..." "The church is broadly Evangelical with an emphasis on the absolute
authority of the Scriptures,..." Based in Rivonia, South Africa. http://www.sats.edu.za
The Conference "is comprised of the bishops of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland." Based in Pretoria, South Africa. Has full text publications such as Sexual Abuse of Children by Church Personnel; HIV/AIDS and Catholic Social Thought (16 p. in PDF); 2009 South African Elections. http://www.sacbc.org.za/home.htm
"formed to further the study of and research into Christian mission
and related topics in Southern Africa." Publishes a journal, Missionalia.
Has full text
articles from older issues of Missionalia, and an annotated directory
of Christian mission and mission studies sites. The African
independent churches section has a directory of researchers, a discussion
forum, and links to full
text papers and articles. Based in Menlo Park, South Africa. http://www.geocities.com/missionalia/index.html
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