Translation and a politics of forgiveness in South Africa? What black Christians believe, and white Christians do not seem to understand

Why would white South Africans want to be forgiven? Is it in order to secure their future, or to escape from their past? Why is it that some black South Africans find forgiveness to be impossible in the current social and political reality? Forgiveness, as a theological and social discourse in South...

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Main Author: Forster, Dion Angus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Stellenbosch University [2018]
In: Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-94
IxTheo Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NAA Systematic theology
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Forgiveness
B Systematic Theology
B South Africa
B Politics
B Ricoeur
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