Reformed Churches in South Africa and the Struggle for Justice: Remembering 1960-1990
- ISBN-10
- 1920689109
- ISBN-13
- 9781920689100
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 425
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-01
- Publisher
- AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
- Authors
- Marry-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel, Robert Vosloo
Description
The various contributions in this informative and exciting volume explore the ambivalent and complex history of Reformed faith during the years 1960 to 1990 in apartheid South Africa. In the process light is shed on the role of Reformed churches in the struggle for justice, freedom and dignity. Parameters are simultaneously provided for defining the public role of Reformed faith in contemporary South Africa in the context of Africanisation and globalisation ...ÿ Prof. Nico Koopman, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University
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