Objective
The Society and Religion Research Centre, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam, aims to stimulate and coordinate studies on the relationship between religion and society in Tanzania.
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Coordinator
Thomas J. Ndaluka (Ph.D)
Research
SORRECE conducts research on:
* Religion and social cohesion in Tanzania.
* Religion and development in Tanzania.
* Religion and state in Tanzania.
Education
SORRECE offers post-graduate seminars on socio-scientific research on religious issues.
Links
We collaborate with
* Centre for Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations, Radboud University.
* Religion and Society Research Centre, University of Uppsala.
* Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa.
SORRECE represents the African Association for the Study of Religions (AASR) in Tanzania. See http://www.a-asr.org
Publications
Thomas Ndaluka, Religious Discourse, Social Cohesion and Conflict. Muslim-Christian Relations in Tanzania. Münster: LIT, 2012.
Thomas Ndaluka, Frans Wijsen eds., Religion and State in Tanzania Revisited. Reflections from 50 years of Independence. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2014.
Thomas Ndaluka, Social Cohesion and religious intolerance in Tanzania, in: R. Mukandala ed., The Political Economy of Change in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: University Press, 2015, 35-54.
Ndaluka, Thomas. Is mimetic desire a root cause of religious violence in Tanzania? An analysis of Girardian – Mimetic Desire Theory. Tanzania Journal of Sociology. Volume 6, June 2020.
https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjsociology/article/view/3433
Frans Wijsen, Managing Religious Diversity in Tanzania, in E. Bongmba ed., Religion and Social Construction in Africa, London - New York: Routledge 2018, 311-328
Wijsen, Frans & Peter Mosha (2019). ‘BAKWATA is like a dead spirit to oppress Muslims’: Islamic revivalism and modes of governance in Tanzania. Utafiti. Journal of African Perspectives, 14 (2), 223-241. doi: 10.1163/26836408-14010013
Wijsen, Frans (2020). Beyond Global Apartheid. Polarization and (de)Radicalization in Tanzania. Journal of Constructivist Psychology. doi: 10.1080/10720537.2019.1676341
Mgumia, Jacqueline.Chuma Ulete as a Popularized Witchcraft Discourse in Small Businesses. Tanzania Journal of Sociology. Volume 6, June 2020: 80 – 101.
Mgumia, Jacqueline. Chuma Ulete: Business and Discourses of Witchcraft in Neoliberal Tanzania. Journal for the Study of Religion 33, 1 (2020).
Ndaluka, Thomas. Religious Radicalization in Africa today as a challenge to faith-based actors in different sociopolitical contexts. In J. Kambale J,, J. Motte, J. (2020) Peace Among the People: Interreligious Action for Peace and Inclusive Communities, Solingen, Foedus Verlag, 2020.
Sundqvist, Josephine and Thomas Ndaluka (2021). Toward Basic Health Justice: Grassroots Challenges in Church-Related Health Services in Tanzania. In V Päivänsalo, A Ahmad, G Zachariah, M Stenlund (eds.). Faith-Based Health Justice: Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities. Minneapolis, Fortless Press; pp. 45-64.