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BOOK: Power and Faith: How Evangelical Churches Are Shaping Our Democracy by Pontsho Pilane (Tafelberg)
The Dutch Reformed church underpinned apartheid and white supremacy in South Africa. More evangelical groups were going as "colour-blind", but did they fully support the constitutional values of a democratic country? Their anti-abortion and other campaigns suggest otherwise.
Journalist Pontsho Pilane's experience as a member of a powerful evangelical church changed the trajectory of her life and began her journey of re-evaluating her faith – and its impact on her rights.
READ | EXCERPT: Pontsho Pilane's Power and Faith: News24's Book of the Month unpacks religion and politics
In Power and Faith, she draws on her own story to provide social commentary on how religion can affect our constitutional rights as South Africans. She considers recovering from religious trauma, the evangelicals' take on sex and sin, and the 'far-reaching hands of the US religious right'.
In this video from the launch of the book, Pilane explains further. She was in conversation with Lebohang Masango.
