Church and state and apartheid in South Africa: a perspective on the Dutch Reformed Church (1962-1998)
Abstract der Zeitschrift: In its church order, as well as in other documents of the general synod covering the period 1962-1998, the Dutch Reformed Church (mainly Southern Africa) showed a marked influence by Abraham Kuyper and neo-Calvinistic 20thcentury Dutch philosophers. This, as well as its clo...
Published in: | European journal for church and state research |
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Peeters
2001
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In: |
European journal for church and state research
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ State
/ Church
/ History 1962-1998
B Apartheid / Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika / History 1962-1998 / Africa / State / Church |
IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church NCC Social ethics SA Church law; state-church law SD Church law; Protestant Church |
Further subjects: | B
Apartheid
B State law of churches B Religious freedom B Human rights B Protestant Church B Law B Africa B History |
Summary: | Abstract der Zeitschrift: In its church order, as well as in other documents of the general synod covering the period 1962-1998, the Dutch Reformed Church (mainly Southern Africa) showed a marked influence by Abraham Kuyper and neo-Calvinistic 20thcentury Dutch philosophers. This, as well as its close association with the Afrikaner nation and apartheid, resulted in the prophetic voice of the church being virtually unheard until 1986. During this year the approach changed, one of the factors being the influenceof the German-Swiss theologian Karl Barth |
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ISSN: | 1370-5954 |
Contains: | In: European journal for church and state research
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