Maintaining Apartheid or Promoting Change?

Maintaining Apartheid or Promoting Change?
Title Maintaining Apartheid or Promoting Change? PDF eBook
Author Abdulkader Tayob, Wolfram Weisse, Carel Aaron Anthonissen, Wolfram Weie
Publisher Waxmann Verlag
Pages 340
Release
Genre Apartheid
ISBN 9783830963271

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Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa

Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa
Title Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa PDF eBook
Author Abdulkader Tayob, Wolfram Weisse, David Chidester
Publisher Waxmann Verlag
Pages 252
Release
Genre Religion and politics
ISBN 9783830963288

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What is the role of religion in society? In the wake of September 11, public intellectuals provided easy answers. According to some, religion was the problem, others commented, religion was the solution. Generally, public debate about the force of religion in society has been organized by either/or propositions. Religion is a force for either freedom or bondage, for either peace or war, for either mutual recognition or antagonistic polarization. Analysis of religion and social change has also tended to be framed in terms of oppositions that inform research agendas and public policy. In this book, authors from South Africa, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Germany test these oppositions.

Apartheid

Apartheid
Title Apartheid PDF eBook
Author Brian Lapping
Publisher George Braziller
Pages 266
Release 1987
Genre History
ISBN

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A history of apartheid traces the institution back to its roots in the 17th century, and shows how it developed along with Afrikaner nationalism, as well as the response from the Americans.

Season of Hope

Season of Hope
Title Season of Hope PDF eBook
Author Alan Hirsch
Publisher IDRC
Pages 305
Release 2005
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1552502155

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Offers an insight into the circumstances under which the policies were developed, implemented and reviewed, as well as a study of the outcomes. This book addresses questions such as: How could an organisation with no previous experience of governing accomplish a peaceful transition to democracy? How did they do it and where are they going?

John Calvin

John Calvin
Title John Calvin PDF eBook
Author John W. de Gruchy
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 202
Release 2013-07-05
Genre Religion
ISBN 1621897508

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2009 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, the Reformed theologian whose legacy has played such an important role in the shaping of modern South Africa. The popular understanding of him as grim moralist, proponent of predestination and a tyrannical God is a caricature, but one that does spring from aspects of Calvin's legacy. In this book, De Gruchy attempts to restate the Reformed tradition as a transforming force, one that opposed slavery and apartheid and that participated in the struggle for liberation and transformation in this country. De Gruchy considers Christian humanism to be an alternative to both Christian fundamentalism and secularism, as "being a Christian is all about being truly human in common with the rest of humanity", and has come to the conclusion that there is much to retrieve and celebrate in the Reformed tradition that is of importance for the ecumenical church and global society in the 21st century. The "evangelical" element in the title refers to the literal meaning of the word - "good news" - which is at the heart of being both Christian and human.

Essays on Being Reformed

Essays on Being Reformed
Title Essays on Being Reformed PDF eBook
Author Dirkie Smit
Publisher AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Pages 550
Release 2009-12-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1920338209

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What does it mean to be Reformed Christians in the world today ? and in Africa and South Africa? What does it mean to commemorate the legacy of John Calvin (1509-1564) after 500 years ? in a modern world characterised by democracy, by popular notions of human dignity and human rights, by worldwide struggles for individual freedoms and for social justice, by a global economy in crisis ? when social historians argue about the lasting contribution of Calvin and his followers precisely with respect to all these modern phenomena? The 28 essays by Dirkie Smit selected for this volume deal with such questions.

How Change Happens

How Change Happens
Title How Change Happens PDF eBook
Author Duncan Green
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 287
Release 2016
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0198785399

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"DLP, Developmental Leadership Program; Australian Aid; Oxfam."