From apartheid to the new dispensation: evangelicals and the democratization of South Africa
In this article, I attempt to distinguish between five responses to the political situation in South Africa made by evangelicals before and after the end of apartheid in April 1994. I characterize the adherents of these positions as the conservatives, the pragmatists, the protagonists of the Third W...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2004
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2004, Volume: 34, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 5-38 |
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Democratization
B Case study B Church B Religious identity B Protestant Church B State B Political change B Africa B Political system B Religious organization B Population group B Protestant |
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| Summary: | In this article, I attempt to distinguish between five responses to the political situation in South Africa made by evangelicals before and after the end of apartheid in April 1994. I characterize the adherents of these positions as the conservatives, the pragmatists, the protagonists of the Third Way, the protagonists of the 'alternative' community and the liberationists. I then attempt to demonstrate their influence in the transformation of South African society towards democracy by undertaking a series of typological case studies of prominent representatives of these positions. In the process, I attempt to unpack some of the theological and political thinking that underlies and explains each position. (J Relig Afr/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4200 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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