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View article: ‘Please Mister President, have mercy…’: The Church’s calling to reach out to refugees and migrants
‘Please Mister President, have mercy…’: The Church’s calling to reach out to refugees and migrants Open
President Donald Trump’s executive order to deport illegal migrants and refugees in the United States of America once again brought the plight of millions of migrants and asylum seekers worldwide to the attention of church leaders locally …
View article: Forgiveness, reconciliation and justice á la Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness, reconciliation and justice á la Desmond Tutu Open
In the eyes of many, chairing the South African Truth
\nand Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was the crowning
\ncontribution of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to his country,
\nand to the world at large. Against the backdrop of his role
\nleading …
View article: Reforum: A brief but not unimportant chapter in the Dutch Reformed Church’s apartheid saga
Reforum: A brief but not unimportant chapter in the Dutch Reformed Church’s apartheid saga Open
In 1985 when storm clouds were gathering over South Africa, and a state of emergency was declared, a group of members of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) Family, clergy as well as laity, founded an organisation, Reforum. The two-fold aim of…
View article: Reformed spirituality and the spirit of reconciliation: A personal journey
Reformed spirituality and the spirit of reconciliation: A personal journey Open
The article represents auto-ethnographical (narrative) reflections about the author's journey towards reconciling diversity with the advent of democracy in South Africa. The author recounts aspects of his participation in the Truth and Rec…
View article: Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Open
Dietrich Bonhoeffer never visited South Africa, and he probably did not know a great deal about the country. But the relevance of the German theologian for South Africa was never in doubt. In the struggle against apartheid his message and …