The moral rearmament activist: P.Q. Vundla's community bridge-building during the boycotts on the Witwatersrand in the mid-1950s

In this article I examine Philip Qipa (P.Q.) Vundla's Moral Rearmament-inspired (MRA) politics with a view to explicating the previously hidden currents at work in his political activism. In my analysis, I draw on the theoretical frameworks of Paul Ricoeur and Homi Bhabha. In terms of these con...

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Main Author: Mason, Garth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA [2015]
In: Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 154-180
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vundla, Philip 1904-1969 / Moral re-armament (Corporations) / Witwatersrand / Boycott / History 1955-1957
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B African National Conference
B Moral Rearmament
B Western Native Township
B P.Q. Vundla
B School Boycott
B Bus Boycott
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