The slow and steady death of the Dutch Reformed Church
It was once described as the National Party at prayer. But the Dutch Reformed Church numbers are dwindling. Charles Leonard finds out why.
Rasool spreads the word about reconciliation
A practising Muslim, South Africa's ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool has been trying to mend fences between Islam and the West.
Messianic Zuma loses his crown
President Jacob Zuma has been shrouded in fundamentalist Christian metaphor, but his flock is out in the cold, writes Niren Tolsi.
Shembe's spiritual legacy lost in the battle for control
With five factions and counting, secular judgments have failed to heal the divisions that have fragmented the Nazareth Baptist Church.
The revolution threatening to divide SA's Muslims
Some Muslims in South Africa have begun taking on tradition. And that is where things are getting heated with divisions bubbling to the surface.
Boko Haram: Killing in God's name
The Islamist group may have jihadist overtones, but its rise and power lies in Nigeria's failure to deliver to its citizens adequately.
God doesn't visit here no more
Bongani Madondo asks why black folk should inherit the earth and not heaven -- and other pertinent questions.
Where life is governed from above
If you are looking for God in Ethiopia, you won't have to search too hard. He is everywhere, writes Mohammed Selman.
The rise of the Afrikaner Christian Jew
A growing number of South Africans have started exploring Christianity's origins in Jewish scripture and ritual, under the term Messianic Judaism.
Why faith is on the rise in Africa
Religion has been left to bridge the inequality divide created by corrupt political elites, writes Catholic priest Anthony Egan.
