The Church Struggle in South AfricaThis widely acclaimed and influential volume by internationally noted theologian John de Gruchy is now available in a greatly revised and expanded 25th anniversary edition that places the monumental religious struggle against South African apartheid into a larger and instructive global setting. Fully updated, John De Gruchy's authoritative account of Christian complicity with and then resistance to one of the world's most notoriously repressive regimes holds indispensable lessons and "dangerous memories" for all concerned about evil, justice, and racial reconciliation. |
Contents
Apartheid and the Churches | 51 |
The Growing Conflict | 101 |
Black Renaissance Protest and Challenge | 144 |
Resistance Repression and the Transition to Democracy | 184 |
From Church Struggle to Church Struggles | 223 |
Religious Affiliation in South Africa in 1996 | 261 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Church Struggle in South Africa |
| Author | John W. De Gruchy |
| Contributor | Steve De Gruchy |
| Edition | reprint, revised, annotated |
| Publisher | Fortress Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0800637550, 9780800637552 |
| Length | 286 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / Administration Religion / Christianity / History Social Science / Sociology of Religion |
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