Panel: RELIGION AND THE MAKING OF (IN)EQUALITIES IN AFRICA: POWER, KNOWLEDGE, GENDER, AND COLONIAL LEGACIES



736_2.1 - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RELIGION SERVES AS A SOCIETY'S-QUALIFICATIONS-AUTHORITY: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON RELIGION'S (OFTEN FORGOTTEN) CONTRIBUTION TO THE INVENTION OF INEQUALITY

AUTHORS:
Sakuba X. (University of KwaZulu-Natal ~ Durban ~ South Africa)
Text:
In this paper I will reflect on how, alongside concepts such as eligibility, legitimacy, authenticity and truth, human beings have always used (and continue to use) religion to invent and reinvent both constructive and unconstructive notions of inequality.