External Research Profile ResearchGate Degrees Held BA Hons, MA, PhD (University of Durban-Westville) Higher Diploma in Arabic (University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Research Interests Islam in South Africa: history, language, education, politics, women. Sufism Islamization Selected Publications Journal Articles Books Chapters in Books On Line Articles Encyclopedia/Dictionary Completed Research Journal Articles 1981 “The Myth of
Pratap Kumar Penumala
External Research Profile ResearchGate Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies http://nidan.ukzn.ac.za https://journals.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/Nidan/issue/current [under construction] Degrees Held Phd University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Th. (Comparative Religions), Serampore College, India A. (Philosophy), Sri Venkatesvara University, Tirupati, India D. (Christianity), Serampore College, India A. (English and Telugu Literature) Andhra University, India Research Interests Hinduism, Comparative Religions, South
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
External Research Profile ResearchGate Google Scholar Degrees Held PhD Research Interests Bioethics and Islamic Law Recent Publications 2008. An Introduction to Islamic Medical Jurisprudence. Durban. The Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (220 pages). ISBN 978-0-9802737-0-0. 2011. Reproductive Health and Islamic Values – Ethical and Legal Insights. Durban. The Islamic Medical Association of South Africa.
Che Chetty
External Research Profile ResearchGate Google Scholar Degrees Held Master of Arts/ M. A, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Research Interests Hinduism, Asian Studies and Comparative Religious Studies Recent Publications Masters Dissertation Masters Dissertation Chetty, C. 2014. The Transgressive Nature of Shiva: An Investigation into the Transgressive Manifestations of the Deity Shiva in Hinduism. Durban: University
Johannes Andreas Smit
External Research Profile ResearchGate Recent publications ‘Editing Alternation: A Fifteen Year Retrospective’, Alternation 16,1(2009) 336 -358. ‘Advancing Religion Studies in Southern Africa’, Alternation Special Edition 3 (2009): 331 – 353. ‘The “Dis-embodied Mind” and Religion’. Alternation Special Edition 3 (2009): 354 – 387. Dennis Brutus: Activist for Non-racialism and Freedom of the Human Spirit. Alternation 17,2 (2010) 8 – 71. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Beverly Vencatsamy
As a lecturer, it is important that students emerge from my modules not only with a good knowledge of the text/themes itself but also with the necessary skills that would enable them to ask critical questions but also seek answers. This is especially important when teaching a course on religion, as in many instances there
Federico Settler
External Research Profile ResearchGate Google Scholar Research Interests Religion, Race, Migration, Postcolonialism, Research Methodology, Sociology of Religion Teaching RELG101 Introduction to Religion RELG203 Sociology of Religion (starting 2020) RELG306 Religion, Colonialism and postcolonialism RELG701 Research Methodology in Religion and Theology RSTR803 Religion and Migration (postgraduate seminar) Selected Publications Book Chapters Articles Book Chapters Settler, FG.
Cherry Muslim
External Research Profile ResearchGate Degrees Held PhD in Religion & Social Transformation MA in Religion & Social Transformation PGCE PGC in Industrial Relations Islamic Studies BArts Research Interests Cherry Muslim fills the Islamic Studies post within Religion. My background was ‘theologically’ based for 16 years until I moved into acadaemia. My research interests are closely
Sibusiso Masondo
Research Profiles ResearchGate Google Scholar Degrees Held BA BA(Hons) Social Anthropology BA (Hons) Religious Studies MA HDE (Secondary) PhD Research Interests African Traditional Religion African Culture and Philosophy African Intellectual History Christianity in Africa: African indigenous/independent churches, Pentecostalism Comparative Religion Teaching RELG205 African Systems of Thought RELG203 Sociology of Religion RELG214 Women in Religion RSTR704