Revolution or reconciliation?
Subtitle: the struggle in the Church in South Africa
By: Rachel Tingle.
Contributors: Christian Studies Centre.
Publisher: Christian Studies Centre
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
First sentence: The story of how sections of the Church came to side with the 'liberation' movements in South Africa and legitimise violence is a complicated one and it is not possible here to study all the people or organisations involved, particularly in the early years of this development. Undoubtedly one of the most significant continuing influences, however, has been that of the World Council of Churches and particularly its highly controversial Programme to Combat Racism.
Description: In the late 1980s, when President De Klerk set about demolishing apartheid in South Africa and laying the foundations for parliamentary democracy,  the country was rocked by black-on-black violence. The book examines the startling claim, made by director of the South African Institute of Race Relations, that this climate of violence had partly been caused by activities of a section of the Church which had been radicalised to the extent that it had developed a South African version of liberation theology which sanctioned revolutionary violence. Moreover, this section of the Church had been funded almost entirely from outside South Africa by European and North American church organisations and aid agencies. The book calls for the Churches to return to preaching the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and working for genuine reconciliation.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: The Influence of the World Council of Churches
pagenum: 10; label: 2
title: Radical Theology
pagenum: 53; label: 3
title: From Radical Theology to Action
pagenum: 88; label: 4
title: The Church as a "Site of Struggle'
pagenum: 134; label: 5
title: Who Pays for the Struggle?
pagenum: 166; title: Summary and Conclusions
pagenum: 192; label: Appendix 1
title: Main Political Groups and Recent Political Events in South Africa
pagenum: 198; label: Appendix 2
title: The Reform Process
pagenum: 235; label: Appendix 3
title: WCC Grants to 'Organisations Combating Racism'
pagenum: 240; label: Appendix 4
title: Ecumenical Associations of Third World Theologians
pagenum: 242; label: Appendix 5
title: Grants Received by the Institute for Contextual Theology
pagenum: 246; label: Appendix 6
title: The Harare Declaration
pagenum: 247; label: Appendix 7
title: The Lusaka Statement
pagenum: 249; label: Appendix 8
title: South African Council of Churches: Income and Expenditure
pagenum: 256; label: Appendix 9
title: South African Concil of Churches: Grants and Donations
pagenum: 258