The Catholic Church and apartheid
Subtitle: the response of the Catholic Church in South Africa to the first decade of Nationalist Party rule, 1948-1957
By: Garth Abraham.
Publisher: Ravan Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Catholic Church -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.; Church and state -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.; Apartheid -- South Africa.; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1961.; South Africa -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: Reveals that in the years immediately after the National Party's victory in 1948, the Catholic Church adopted an essential conciliatory approach. This was an attempt to mollify the secular power, which openly espoused the Roomse-gevaar mentality of the Dutch Reformed Churches. Examines the crucial decade after 1948, during which the Church moved from appeasement to resistance, and analyzes the motivations and forces which finally drove the Church to make the choice it did--a choice which has served to define and determine its future development in South Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-156) and index.