South African resistance movements secularized their governing vision while the dominant order stayed theological
Evidence
Where there are theological traces here, they are fleeting and peripheral, as in the opening acknowledgment of “the divine destiny of nations.” Their resonance fades quickly, though, both within the document and in future resolutions of the major resistance organizations. Thus the Freedom Charter, adopted in 1955 (and a major influence on the post-apartheid Constitution of South Africa ratified at the close of 1996), is shorn of all explicit theological reference, as too the various ANC Constitutions from 1958 onwards. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1539
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The presumed secularity of South African governance was saturated with religious legacy