Mediation by means of isolation: resistance against the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC) during the 1980s
The isolation of South Africa on international terrain, especially during the 1980s, contributed to a large extent to the unfeasibility of the policy of apartheid. According to the theologian, Dr Allan Boesak, the role of the Christian society is one of the most underestimated factors in the struggle against apartheid. Churches and theologians worldwide raised their voices in resistance against the apartheid regime. Churches, inside as well as outside South Africa, increasingly criticized the theological justification of apartheid. In the process religion became an important anti-apartheid mec... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
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University of the Free State
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Schlagwörter: | Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa / Apartheid / Isolation / Reformed Churches in the Netherlands / World Council of Churches / World Alliance of Reformed Churches / South African Council of Churches |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29032980 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jch/article/view/265 |