Religion education and the transformational state in South Africa

Social Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 61-83

  Chidester, David ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Religious Studies ^*

^b Institute for Comparative Religion   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Diversity; Education; Human rights; Religion; South Africa; State; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949165296     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/015597706780459458     Document Type: Article

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