REVIEW | Book of the Month: Pontsho Pilane shows power and faith are a godless combination

27 Mar

Siya Khumalo

Share your Subscriber Article

You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!

Loading, please wait...

0:00

In Power and Faith, journalist Pontsho Pilane draws on her own story to provide social commentary on how religion can affect our constitutional rights as South Africans. (Getty Images)

BOOK | Power and Faith: How evangelical churches are quietly shaping our democracy by Pontsho Pilane (Tafelberg)

Part memoir, part social commentary, Power and Faith unpacks "structural and systemic issues of Christian evangelism in South Africa" and their sociopolitical implications on human rights.

By discussing the historical and contemporary ways Christian evangelism functions, this book is "a warning bell to avoid the Handmaid Tale-esque future that evangelical Christians deem appropriate for society".

Read this for free

South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

Already a subscriber? Sign in

Next on Life

EXCERPT | Can we build a 'new patriotism' in SA? Oyama Mabandla on education for the future

26 Apr

description

username

Show Comments ()