Neither calendar nor clock : perspectives on the Belhar Confession /

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Author / Creator:	Naudé, Piet, 1956-
Imprint:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010.
Description:	xxii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Belhar confession. Belhar confession. Reformed Church -- Creeds -- History and criticism. Apartheid -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church. South Africa -- Church history. South Africa. Church history. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8123149

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ISBN:	9780802862594 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802862594 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
The texts, with commentary
Part 1. Tradition
1. The ôno!ö of the Belhar Confession
2. The relation between Belhar and some antecedent church witnesses in the period 1948-1982
Part 2. Confession
3. The confessional character of the Belhar Confession
4. Confessing the one faith? Theological resonance between the Creed of Nicea and the Confession of Belhar
Part 3. Reception
5. ôA gift from heavenö: The reception of the Belhar Confession in the period 1982-2007
6. The echoes of Belhar in the ecumenical church
Part 4. Contemporary significance
7. Unity in freedom
8. Reconciliation
9. Justice
Appendix A. The Belhar Confession, 1982
Appendix B. The Nicene Creed, 381
Appendix C. The Cottesloe Declaration, 1961
Appendix D. A Message to the People of South Africa, 1968
Bibliography
Index

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