Abstract
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies is an acclaimed journal with broad coverage that promotes multidisciplinary, religious, and biblical aspects of studies in the international theological arena. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported.
Highlights
This publication represents the results of a creative venture by the Oral History Project of the School of Theology, University of Natal, which started in 1994
The aim of the project, namely to retrieve silenced memories of Christian communities that had suffered under apartheid, has been achieved, bringing a new and more reliable perspective into South African Christian church history
African ministers' reactions to the apartheid policies of the state and the effect of these on churches they served in the Natal Midlands from the accession of National Party rule in 1948 until the dawn of democracy in 1994, are recorded in the book. 34 persons, 32 of whom are ministers of religion, I a prophetess and I a minister's relative, who worked in seven mainline and ten African-initiated churches ~uring the said turbulent times, were reportedly interviewed intensively
Summary
This publication represents the results of a creative venture by the Oral History Project of the School of Theology, University of Natal, which started in 1994. The aim of the project, namely to retrieve silenced memories of Christian communities that had suffered under apartheid, has been achieved, bringing a new and more reliable perspective into South African Christian church history. African ministers' reactions to the apartheid policies of the state and the effect of these on churches they served in the Natal Midlands from the accession of National Party rule in 1948 until the dawn of democracy in 1994, are recorded in the book.
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