Christianity Amidst Apartheid

Abstract

Part 1 Christianity and the black people of South Africa: African and Christian - from opposition to mutual accommodation, James Kiernan Christian mission in South Africa - achievements, failures and the future, Willem Saayman black theology in South Africa - achievements, problems and present prospects, Takatso Mofokeng. Part 2 Christians and apartheid: the theology of separate equality - a critical outline of the DRC's position on apartheid, Johann Kinghorn Christian resistance to apartheid - periodization, prognosis, James Cochrane Christianity's impact on race relations in South Africa, G.C.Oosthuizen implications of apartheid for Christianity in South Africa, Martin Prozesky. Part 3 Christianity and social issues: the impact of Christianity on socio-economic developments in South Africa, Klaus Nurnberger Christians and education in South Africa, Calvin Cook Christianity, evangelization and the social factor in South Africa, Denis Hurley OMI. Part 4 Contemporary challenges: is the armed struggle justified?, Charles Villa-Vicencio religious pluralism and Christianity in South Africa, Gerrie Lubbe. Part 5 Christianity and the future in South Africa: the Church and the struggle for a democratic South Africa, John De Gruchy a Christian vision of the future of South Africa, Desmond Tutu.