The Bible and apartheid
Subtitle: contested interpretations in the history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond
By: Moritz Gräper
Series: Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika) = Studies in the history of Christianity in the Non-Western world -- Band 32/Volume 32; Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika) -- Bd. 32.
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9783447112222
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Apartheid; Christianity; Race relations; Segregation; Church history; Christentum
Description: The starting point of this book is the troubling insight that  apartheid was a Christian project.   Its theological justification was formulated by Christian theologians such as Totius or E.P. Groenewald. Even the segregated state-structure had been prefigured by Dutch Reformed church orders. At the same time the struggle against apartheid was led by many Christian actors such as  Desmond Tutu  or  Allan Boesak.   They opposed the racist system in South Africa and made arguments based on biblical interpretations. This book analyzes the ambivalent role Christian actors played during apartheid. It is a study of the intersection of biblical interpretation, hermeneutics, and history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond. --
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Münster, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index.

Summary in English and German.