A Global Perspective on Racial and Linguistic Integrationin South African Christian Congregations

Bibliographic Data

ID12433121
AuthorsDawid Venter (corresponding author)
Year1999
Pages619-651
Publication date1999-11-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/jwsr.1999.128
OpenAlexW2336943350
LanguageEN
References cited13

This is a study that uses data from a national survey of multicultural and multilingual Christian congregations in South Africa to examine the institutional factors that support the dominance of English in formerly segregated churches without a formal language policy. Data were collected by qualitative methods on the levels and types of linguistic integration (as well as racial and cultural incorporation) in each of 60 congregations from nine Christian denominations across South Africa. The patterns found are best explained in terms of the articulation of formal and popular ideologies that contribute to institutional isomorphism across state and civil institutions

Articulation (sociology · Dominance (genetics · Ideology · Isomorphism (crystallography · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · Religion, Society, and Development

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