ASPECTS OF THE STRUGGLE: THE CHURCH

In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 37, Heft 11, S. 93-95

Abstract

THE SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE, IS LARGELY CHRISTIAN, AND MANY CHURCH MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST APARTHEID, BUT THE CHURCH IS DEEPLY DIVIDED. THE THEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH HAS BEEN CALLED THE STATE THEOLOGY, THOSE WHO PREACH PEACE FOLLOW A CHURCH THEOLOGY, AND OTHERS WHO BELIEVE THE CHURCH MUST BE ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSED PREACH THE PROPHETIC THEOLOGY.