Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid: A Unity Only God Wants (Studies in Reformed Theology, Band 36) - Softcover

Hesselmans, Marthe

 
9789004364639: Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid: A Unity Only God Wants (Studies in Reformed Theology, Band 36)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9004364633 ISBN 13: 9789004364639
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

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 long segregated into one multiracial institution. Few believe this will succeed. A close look inside congregations reveals unexpected stories of reconciliation though. Where South Africans realize they need each other to survive, faith offers common ground - albeit a feeble one. They show the potential, but also the limits of faith communities untangling entrenched national and racial affiliations. Linking South Africa's post-apartheid transition to religious-nationalist movements worldwide, Hesselmans offers a unique perspective on religion as source of division and healing.

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Marthe Hesselmans, Ph.D. (2016), Boston University, is senior researcher at the Van Mierlo Foundation in The Hague, Netherlands. She has published articles, essays and policy papers on topics of migration, identity conflicts and dealing with increased diversity and social change.

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Verlag
BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004364633
ISBN 13 
9789004364639
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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