In good faith
Subtitle: Canadian churches against apartheid
By: Renate Pratt.
Contributors: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.
Series: Comparative ethics series =; Collection d'éthique comparée ;; 4; Comparative ethics series ;; 4.
Publisher: Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility.; Apartheid -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Church and industry -- Canada.; Christianity and politics -- Canada.
Description: In retrospect it is difficult to accept that Western democracies implicitly supported, or at least tolerated, the legalized system of white supremacy in South Africa known as apartheid. Renate Pratt's new book, In Good Faith, explains why the Christian churches were among the first to publicly protest, and how they provided such cogent and determined international support for the struggle against apartheid. The Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility is a coalition of Christian churches which for nearly twenty years was one of Canada's leading anti-apartheid advocates. As the first co-ordinator of this Taskforce, Renate Pratt was at the centre of the early anti-apartheid initiatives in Canada and consequently is able to supply a clear and accurate view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-353) and index.