Racial integration in the church of apartheid

Racial integration in the church of apartheid

In Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid Marthe Hesselmans uncovers the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church. This church once constituted the religious pillar of the Afrikaner apartheid regime (1948-1994). Today, it seeks to unite the communities it lon...

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Main Author: Hesselmans, Marthe.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston, MA : Brill, 2018.

Series: Studies in Reformed Theology 36.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Apartheid > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Race relations.

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Call Number: BX9622 .H47 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: When Religion Unites or Divides
  • Divine Divisions
  • The South African Context: A Torn (Hi)story
  • Once We Were One: Church (Dis)unity from 1948 until Today
  • United in Christ Alone
  • Talking Unity, Living Apart
  • Joining in Prayer, but Not in the Pews
  • Conclusion: Change or Perish.