Engaging modernity : methods and cases for studying African independent churches in South Africa / edited by Dawid Venter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts and theories in the study of African independent churches / Dawid Venter -- African independent churches and modernity / Jim Kiernan -- Combining ethnographic and survey methods for a local, comparative study of African independent churches / Robert Garner -- African independent churches and economic development in Edendale / Robert Garner -- A methodology for a national comparative study of African independent churches / Lawrencia Kwark -- The reinvention of tradition in African independent churches as a means to engage modernity / Lawrencia Kwark -- Applying a world system perspective to a literature study of African independent churches / Dawid Venter -- Globalization, world system, and African independent churches in the Transkei / Dawid Venter -- The future of the African independent churches in South Africa / Robert Garner.