Christianity in South Africa
Subtitle: a political, social, and cultural history
By: edited by Richard Elphick and Rodney Davenport
Contributors: Elphick, Richard; Davenport, T. R. H
Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa -- 55
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berkeley; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Christianity -- South Africa -- History; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Apartheid -- South Africa -- History; South Africa -- Race relations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Christianity in South African history / Richard Elphick; title: A Christian monopoly : the Reformed Church and colonial society under Dutch rule / Jonathan N. Gerstner; title: Combating spiritual and social bondage : early missions in the Cape colony / Elizabeth Elbourne & Robert Ross; title: Settlement, conquest and theological controversy : the churches of nineteenth-century European immigrants / Rodney Davenport; title: A battle for sacred power : Christian beginnings among the Xhosa / Janet Hodgson; title: Kingdoms of this world and the next : Christian beginnings among Zulu and Swazi / Norman Etherington; title: Monarchs and missionaries among the Tswana and Sotho / Roger B. Beck; title: The spread of Christianity among whites and blacks in Transorangia / Irving Hexham & Karla Poewe; title: Modernization and apartheid : the Afrikaner churches / Johann Kinghorn; title: Grappling with a colonial heritage : the English-speaking churches under imperalism and apartheid / John W. de Gruchy; title: Lutheran missions and churches in South Africa / Georg Scriba with Gunnar Lislerud; title: Moving from the margins to the mainstream : the Roman Catholic Church / Joy Brain; title: "A branch springs out" : African initiated churches / Hennie Pretorius & Lizo Jafta; title: The segregated spirit : the Pentecostals / Allan A. Anderson & Gerald J. Pillay; title: The struggle for Sunday : all-male Christianity in the Gold Mine compounds / Tshidiso Maloka; title: Power in prayer and service : women's Christian organizations / Deborah Gaitskell; title: Between Christ and Mohammed : conversion, slavery, and gender in the urban Western Cape / Robert C.-H. Shell; title: Ambivalence, antipathy, and accommodation : Christianity and the Jews / Milton Shain; title: Community service and conversion : Christianity among Indian South Africans / Gerald J. Pillay; title: The drumbeat of the cross : Christianity and literature / Jeff Opland; title: South African Christian music. A. Christian music in the Western tradition / Barry Smith. B. Christian music among Africans / David Dargie; title: South African Christian architecture / Dennis Radford; title: Millennial Christianity, British imperalism, and African nationalism / Wallace G. Mills; title: The benevolent empire and the social gospel : missionaries and South African Christians in the age of segregation / Richard Elphick; title: Creation and apartheid : South African theology since 1948 / Eugene M. Klaaren; title: Christianity and the anti-apartheid struggle : the prophetic voice within divided churches / Peter Walshe