The Bible and apartheid : contested interpretations in the history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond /

The Bible and apartheid : contested interpretations in the history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond /

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Author / Creator:	Gräper, Moritz, author
Imprint:	Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019.
Description:	xviii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika) = Studies in the history of Christianity in the Non-Western world , 1611-0080 ; Band 32 Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika) ; Bd. 32.
Subject:	Apartheid -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Apartheid -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. South Africa -- Church history. South Africa. Church history.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11866706

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ISBN:	9783447112222 3447112220
Notes:	Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Münster, 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index. Summary in English and German.
Summary:	The starting point of this book is the troubling insight that apartheid was a Christian project. Its theological justification was formulated by Christian theologians such as Totius or E.P. Groenewald. Even the segregated state-structure had been prefigured by Dutch Reformed church orders. At the same time the struggle against apartheid was led by many Christian actors such as Desmond Tutu or Allan Boesak. They opposed the racist system in South Africa and made arguments based on biblical interpretations. This book analyzes the ambivalent role Christian actors played during apartheid. It is a study of the intersection of biblical interpretation, hermeneutics, and history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond. --
Standard no.:	9783447112222

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