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Competing for Caesar
Religion and Politics in Postcolonial Zambia
Edited by: Chammah J. Kaunda and Marja Hinfelaar
260 Pages
- Paperback
- ISBN: 9781506461519
- Published By: Fortress Press
- Published: November 2020
$29.00
Review by Simon Aihiokhai forthcoming.
Competing for Caesar brings together, for the first time, key scholars working on various issues related to religion and public life in Zambia. They explore the interplay between religion and politics in Zambian society and how these religions manage and negotiate their identities in public life. This book analyzes recent religious dynamics in the nation's political life, and considers what constructive role religion could play to promote an alternative political vision to subvert neo-colonialism.
Competing for Caesar carries forward a unique commitment on the part of Fortress Press to engage with the challenges and opportunities of Christianity in the Global South. The book will be of interest to scholars, professors, and students in a wide range of fields.
Chammah J. Kaunda is Africa Research Fellow, Senior Research Specialist in Human Development Science of the Human Sciences Research Council (HDS-HSRC), and honorary lecturer in the School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Marja Hinfelaar is Director of Research and Programs at the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR). She is the coauthor of Governing Extractive Industries: Politics, Histories, Ideas (2018). She is a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Southern African Studies and editor of the Zambia Social Science Journal and has lived and worked in Zambia since 1997.