Karl Barth’s Christology and Jan Christian Smuts’ Human Rights Rhetoric

South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts’ (1870-1950) domestic and international politics diverge greatly; his domestic policy has been eschewed as a precursor to apartheid (1948-1994), but his international policy heralded for advancing human rights rhetoric because he authored the charters for...

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Main Author: Wolff, Michelle (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Stellenbosch University 2019
In: Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-161
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDD Protestant Church
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