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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Dr Sibusiso Masondo
African Traditional Religion: African Culture and
Philosophy; African Intellectual History, African indigenous/
independent churches, and Comparative Religion.
Dr Sa’diyya Shaikh
Islamic intellectual history; Qur’anic studies; hermeneutics;
Sufism; Islam and gender; women in religion; feminist
theory; religion; sexuality and reproductive health.
Professor Abdulkader Tayob
Islam and public life; contemporary intellectual trends in
modern Islam.
Associate Professor Charles Wanamaker
Socio-rhetorical
Interpretation;
Socio-rhetorical
Commentary on 1 Corinthians; Cognitive Science and the
Study of Early Christianity.
Contact Details
Postal Address: Department of Religious Studies, University
of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701
Tel: +27 21 650 5818
Fax: +27 21 689 7575
Email: birgit.taylor@uct.ac.za
Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/religion/
Facebook: ReligiousStudiesUCT
UCT General enquiries: +27 21 650 9111
UCT web: http://www.uct.ac.za
Research Output
Authored books
Jechoutek, K. 2011. The Diversity Ethic and the Spirit
of Individualism: Religious and Economic Strategies in
Hybrid Cape Town. Uppsala, Sweden: Swedish Science
Press. 183pp. ISBN 978-91-89652-40-8.
Tayob, A.I., Fazier, R. and Ismail, A. 2011. The Life of
Muhammad: Al-Waqidi’s Kitab Al-Maghazi. New York:
Routledge. 588pp. ISBN 978-0-415-57434-1.
Edited books
Cochrane, J.R., Schmid, B. and Cutts, T. (eds) 2011.
When Religion and Health Align: Mobilising Religious
Health Assets for Transformation. 244pp. South
Africa: Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN
9781875053919.
Chapters in books
Chidester, D.S. 2011. Colonialism. In J. Isomae and T.
Yamamoto (eds), Beyond the Concept of Religion, pp.
213-240. Kyoto: Hozokan. ISBN 9784831881748.
Chidester, D.S. 2011. Darwin’s Dogs: Animals, Animism,
and the Problem of Religion. In V.W. Lloyd and E. Ratzman
(eds), Secular Faith, pp. 76-101. Eugene: Oregon:
Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-60899-076-4.
Chidester, D.S. 2011. Imperial Reflections, Colonial
Situations: James Frazer, Henri-Alexandre Junod, and
Indigenous Ritual in Southern Africa. In M. Bergunder, J.
Gengnagel, A.M. Heidle, B. Schneidmueller and U. Simon
(eds), Reflexivity, Media, and Visuality: Ritual Dynamics and
the Science of Ritual, pp. 236-264. Germany: Wiesbaden:
Verlag Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-06204-6.
Cochrane, J.R. 2011. A Model of Integral Development:
Assessing and Working With Religious Health Assets. In
G. ter Haar (ed.), Religion and Development: Ways of
Transforming the World, pp. 231-252.UK: London: London:
C. Hurst & CO. ISBN 978-1-84904-140-9.
Cochrane, J.R. 2011. Trustworthy Intermediaries:
Role of Religion Agents on the Boundaries of Public
Health. In J.R. Cochrane, B. Schmid and T. Cutts (eds),
When Religion and Health Align: Mobilising Religious
Health Assets for Transformation, pp. 150-163. South
Africa: Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN
9781875053919.
Cochrane, J.R., Schmid, B. and Cutts, T. 2011. Preface:
The Hope of Alignment. In J.R. Cochrane, B. Schmid and
T. Cutts (eds), When Religion and Health Align: Mobilising
Religious Health Assets for Transformation, pp. xvi-xxviii.
South Africa: Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN
9781875053919.
De Gruchy, J.W. 2011. Being Christian: Being Human -
Interpreting Sanctification in a ‘Worldly’ Way. In F. Schmitz
and C. Tietz (eds), Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christentum, pp.
37-47. Germany: Guetersloh: Gutersloher Verlags. ISBN
9783579071428.
De Gruchy, J.W. 2011. Calvin(ism) and Apartheid in South
Africa in the Twentieth Century: The Making and Unmaking
of a Racial Ideology. In I. Backus and P. Benedict (eds),
Calvin and His Influence, 1509-2009, pp. 306-317. USA:
New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199751853.
De Gruchy, S., Cochrane, J.R., Matimelo, S. and Olivier,
J. 2011. Participatory Inquiry on the Interface between
Religion and Health: What Does it Achieve, and What
Not? In J.R. Cochrane, B. Schmid and T. Cutts (eds),
When Religion and Health Align: Mobilising Religious
Health Assets for Transformation, pp. 43-61. South
Africa: Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN
9781875053919.
De Gruchy, S., Cochrane, J.R., Olivier, J. and Matimelo, S.
2011. When Religion and Health Align. In J.R. Cochrane, B.
Schmid and T. Cutts (eds), When Religion and Health Align: