Prophetic Christianity and the liberation movement in South Africa /
Peter Walshe.
- 180 pages ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The Radical Imperative. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
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Christianity and politics. Apartheid--South Africa. Church and state--History--South Africa--20th century. Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
South Africa--Church history--20th century. South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.