Rst 1501 Essay

Name: Lorette Rauch
Student Number: 55078656
Course Code: RST 1501
Assignment Number: ASSIGNMENT 2 (730314)

------------------------------------------------- African Indigenous Religion(s)
Contents
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………..03
THE BEGINNING………………………………..................................03
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………..05
REFERENCES……………………………………………………….…06

I, Lorette Rauch, hereby declare that this is my own and personal work, except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledge by means of reference techniques. L Rauch Lorette Rauch 55078656 03/09/2014

INTRODUCTION
South Africa is one of the most diverse countries in the world, with indigenous San hunter-gatherers and the Bantu-speaking farmers that were the beginning point of religion, each with their unique set of religious views, beliefs and rituals or practices.
I will discuss, compare and critically assess these two groups’ traditional religion(s). In conclusion, I will also provide a recommendation on whether we should refer to one African indigenous religion or multiple African indigenous religions in South Africa.

THE BEGINNING
Religion - a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion).
Indigenous – refers to the claim to have been the first or original inhabitants of a territory (Tutorial Letter/ 501/3/2014: 23).
Indigenous religion for me means the beginning of a