Widely acclaimed upon its original publication in 1979, this book explores the historical roots of the church in South Africa, its relation to apartheid and the tensions between the church and society and within the church itself. For this Second Edition John de Gruchy has left the text unaltered, but has provided a new preface, a postscript addressing critical reaction to the original volume, a new bibliography, and a subject index.

The Church Struggle in South Africa

Religion & Spirituality

Gruchy, John W.De

Christian Books & Bibles

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is a theme of major current interest, especially in a world engaged in a "war on terror" and torn apart by conflict in the Middle East. Of great interdisciplinary interest, de Gruchy's book should be read by those in theology, social and political science, social theory, jurisprudence and beyond. De Gruchy is wary of false or complacent notions of reconciliation and argues that reconciliation depends in the end on the restoration of justice. He discusses in turn the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa; St. Paul's teaching on reconciliation; the relationship of Islam, Chistianity and Judaism within South Africa and to the TRC; the role that artists have in the process of reconciliation; and the significance of the notion of convenant. This book relates reconciliation throughout to the practical contexts in which we live.

Religious Studies

Scm Pr

Church Struggle in South Africa: 25th Anniversary Edition

Gruchy, Steve De

SCM Press

The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cambridge University Press

Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice

Christianity, Art and Transformation is a journey of exploration that is both historical and contemporary, theological and practical. The reader is invited to share in the journey beginning in the life of the early church, traveling through the history of European Christianity and art, and arriving in southern Africa. Many themes weave through its pages, among them the nature of beauty, good taste, the power of sacred images, aesthetics and ethics, and the role of art in society and the church today.

Christianity and Democracy: A Theology for a Just World Order (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion, Series Number 7)

In this important study John de Gruchy examines the past, present and future roles of Christianity in the development of democracy. He traces the relationship from its gestation in early Christendom to its virtual breakdown as democracy becomes the polity of modernity, and focuses on five twentieth-century case studies, including Nazi Germany and South Africa, which demonstrate the revival of the churches as a force in the struggle for democracy. His conclusions point the way to the development of a theology for a just world order.

Christianity, Art and Transformation is a journey of exploration that is both historical and contemporary, theological and practical. The reader is invited to share in the journey beginning in the life of the early church, traveling through the history of European Christianity and art, and arriving in southern Africa. Many themes weave through its pages, among them the nature of beauty, good taste, the power of sacred images, aesthetics and ethics, and the role of art in society and the church today.

This widely acclaimed and influential volume by internationally noted theologian John de Gruchy is now available in a greatly revised and expanded 25th anniversary edition that places the monumental religious struggle against South African apartheid into a larger and instructive global setting. Fully updated, John De Gruchy's authoritative account of Christian complicity with and then resistance to one of the world's most notoriously repressive regimes holds indispensable lessons and "dangerous memories" for all concerned about evil, justice, and racial reconciliation.

David Philip, Publishers

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The Church Struggle in South Africa

Reconciliation

Church Struggle in South Africa: 25th Anniversary Edition

The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice

Christianity and Democracy: A Theology for a Just World Order (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion, Series Number 7)

Christianity and Democracy: A Theology for a Just World Order (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion, Series Number 7)

Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice

The Church Struggle in South Africa