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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Publié dans:European journal for church and state research
Auteur principal: Strauss, P. J. 1951- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Peeters 2001
Dans: European journal for church and state research
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Südafrika / État / Église / Histoire 1962-1998
B Apartheid / Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika / Histoire 1962-1998 / Südafrika / État / Église
Classifications IxTheo:KBN Afrique subsaharienne
KDD Église protestante
NCC Éthique sociale
SA Droit ecclésial
SD Droit ecclésial protestant
Sujets non-standardisés:B Apartheid
B Droit de l’homme
B Église protestante
B Histoire
B Liberté religieuse
B Législation religieuse
B Südafrika
B Droit
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Résumé: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
Contient:In: European journal for church and state research