Statecraft, Witchcraft, God’s Craft: Religious Diversity and the Forces of Law in South Africa

摘要: Legal anthropologists and sociologists of religion increasingly recognize the importance law in current controversies over religious diversity. Drawing on case South Africa, this article explores how such are shaped by contestations what counts as ‘religion’. Analyzing historical context emergent forms institutional secularity from which contemporary diversity draw, debates practices classification around religion, tradition, culture, ways these domains co-constituted through their claims law: one hand an analysis religion-related jurisprudence; other examination witchcraft, law, religion. I argue that production judicial knowledge ‘religion’, ‘culture’, ‘tradition’ is tied up with power to define meaning domains. In fact, contrary notions constitutionality rights seem exist prior made basis, a fundamental sense struggles help constitute human dispensation. Against Comaroffs’ claim judicialization depoliticizes struggles, show legal making remains vibrantly political.