Prophetic Christianity and the liberation movement in South Africa / Peter Walshe.
Material type: TextPublisher: Pietermaritzburg : Cluster Publications, 1995Description: 180 pages ; 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0958380791
- 276.8 Walshe
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Books | Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane | Open Shelves | 276.8 Walshe (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | LTS03896 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. First Signs of a Prophetic Voice, 1910-1960: African Protests Amidst Indifferent Churches -- The Prophetic Voice within African Politics -- The Dutch Reformed Church and the Racist State -- The English-speaking Churches and the Racist State -- Ch. 2. The Emergence of an Indigenous Liberation Theology, 1948-1977 -- "... the church sleeps on ..." -- The Sharpeville Crisis and Cottesloe -- The Christian Institute and the Black Consciousness Movement -- Ch. 3. Apartheid in Crisis, 1977-1990: a Context for Contextual Theology -- Churches under Pressure -- The Socio-economic Crucible -- International Pressures and Regional Instability -- Attempts to Reform Apartheid -- Ch. 4. Apartheid in Crisis, 1977-1990: the Resurgence of the Liberation Movement -- The African National Congress Recovers -- Formation of the United Democratic Front -- The Youth Movement -- The Trade Union Movement -- The Inkatha Phenomenon -- Christian Dissent -- Increased Repression -- A Turning-Point -- Ch. 5. Prophetic Christianity in the Drive for Democratization, 1977-1990: Activism from within Phlegmatic Churches -- The Church as a Site of Struggle -- The Religious Right -- The Consolidation of Prophetic Christianity -- The South African Council of Churches -- The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference -- The Institute for Contextual Theology -- Diakonia -- Prophetic Christianity and the Liberation Movement: the 1980s -- Ch. 6. The Prophetic Voice in South Africa's Transition: the 1990s -- A Fraught Situation -- The Prophetic Voice in a Context of Transition -- Good Intentions: the Rustenberg Conference and "Cottesloe II" -- "... a midwife to the birth of our democracy ..." -- Praxis in the 1990s -- Celebrating the New South Africa -- Ch. 7. The Radical Imperative.
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