Journal for the Study of Religion

The Journal for the Study of Religion (JSR), was founded in 1993 and is affiliated with the Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA).

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

Must Read by Rebecca Davis: The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right https://t.co/h4ot5ibN30

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@ferialhaffajee Thank you for your work, Ferial! In the age of AI: disinformation and propaganda is at an all-time high. Your work matters to the important people who are not swayed by partisan politics and ideological posturing. Keep fighting the good fight! We see you!

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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS | Journal for the Study of Religion (JSR)
Inviting submissions on religious diversity, lived realities & discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa & the Global South!
📚 SCOPUS & DOAJ Indexed
🌐 Open Access
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2026
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#CallForPapers

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right https://t.co/jrEJdPudoQ

[Afrikaners vir SA @AfrikanersVirSA]

AfSA’s Rev. Rudi Swanepoel appeared on Hilaal TV this week to discuss farm violence and the 3 000 crosses. Do watch: the discussion takes a critical look at the campaign while showing deep empathy for victims of farm violence. We also found the interfaith dimension moving, especially given the rise in Islamophobia in South Africa.

Avsa se ds. Rudi Swanepoel vandeesweek op Hilaal TV oor plaasgewelld en die 3 000 kruise. Kyk gerus, dit bekyk die saak krities maar met groot empatie oor plaasgeweld en die interfaith-aspek was vir ons ook ontroerend gegewe dit toename in Islamofobie in SA.
https://t.co/DiGVgJ3ubn

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Dominee Swanepoel is disturbed by Roets’s plans. “Crosses displayed like that will carry a particular meaning. The cross is one of the most powerful symbols in human history…I cannot go along with the cross being politicised or abused.”
https://t.co/10cd55wSDg

[DarrenCampher.com @CampherDarren]

Never forget the history they refuse to address

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CALL FOR PAPERS: deadline 30 October 2026.

CONFERENCE: 22 to 23 April 2027 Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of the Free State.

Student submissions:
https://t.co/R1fGm5drNc

Academic submissions:
https://t.co/Q2XnmWG1yU

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@steve_hofmeyr The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) trump your "sure-fire proofs". Isolated definitions do not warrant a conclusive argument, Steve. Without literature analysis, case studies, and theory it is just a guesstimate. Follow us for more research methodology tips!

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

Let this be your reminder that pursuing your passion is worth it ☺️

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@NewsflashwJE @ErnstRoets @LexLibertasOnX Roets is lying.

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@ErnstRoets This is when disinformation meets opportunism and profit. Every murder in South Africa is a tragedy, but this is just hijacking tragedy for a white separatist agenda. American Christian nationalism is the lifeline that emboldened Afrikaner civil religion and myth making.

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@ErnstRoets And Jesus wept...

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What if homosexuality was never in the Bible? Watch the documentary by Sharon Roggio and Josie Peres, for free, until 25 October 2026. Big thanks to @1946themovie for making this available!

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

Open letter to US ambassador Brent Bozell III — Afrikaners are being used as a political football https://t.co/lLJkn9PcmW

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@BiancavanWyk16 This is an unfortunate reality that few recognise. People think the "incel" manosphere communities, are just extremists with keyboards and WiFi. Unfortunately, as several incidents have shown: these far-right religious echo chambers are breeding grounds for terror.

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Call for Reading: this paper by Dr Ignatius Nnaemeka Onwuatuegwu, University of Awka, presents the case to refute the Incompatibility thesis which states that there is a fundamental opposition between Christianity and African identity.

Read here: https://t.co/oIutQoNFvq

[Afrikaners vir SA @AfrikanersVirSA]

'WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS'
Many Afrikaners are deeply uncomfortable with the plan by Ernst Roets, Lex Libertas and other prominent Afrikaans right-wingers to plant 3 000 white crosses in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Is concern about farm violence really driving this initiative, or is it a fundraising vehicle for their dream of white separatism?

A group of well-known SA artists is bravely challenging this narrative with an exhibition in Washington, DC, timed to coincide with the event.

Watch this Instagram video by Johan Stegmann, curator of the exhibition.
@RediTlhabi

https://t.co/zZoGNOpUpO

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@NemPerez @grok @imagine If this is historically accurate, then I'll eat my hat. Women carrying Odysseus and then suddenly guards, a cyclops with three eyes, and 4 minutes that would make Homer weep for the bastardisation of his epic. This is terrible.