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...

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Published in:European journal for church and state research
Main Author: Strauss, P. J. 1951- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2001
In: European journal for church and state research
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
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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
ISSN:1370-5954
Contains:In: European journal for church and state research