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Apartheid Is a
Heresy
Author:
John W. DeGruchy
(Editor) Charles
Villa-Vicencio
(Editor)
ISBN:
0802819729
Publisher:
Eerdmans Pub Co
- October, 1983
Format:
Paperback
The
decision by the
World Alliance of
Reformed Churches
to declare
apartheid sinful
and the
theological and
moral
justification of
it a heresy,
writes South
African
theological Allan
Boesak in his
Forward to this
volume, "means
that apartheid is
taken from its
political
framework and
placed in the
center of the
life of the
church. Dealing
with the very
heart of the
Gospel: the Table
of the Lord."
The Church in
South Africa,
says Boesak, is
in the forefront
of a worldwide
battle for
justice, peace,
human
liberation, and
generation
reconciliation.
"The question
is, will we have
the courage to
grasp this
opportunity and
witness to the
power of the
Gospel in a new
way in South
Africa, thereby
giving new hope
to the whole
Church of Christ
in the world?"
The contributors
to this volume
are Christian
leaders who have
grasped the
urgency of this
question. They
have written
these essays to
clarify the
issue and to
challenge the
Churches and
their members to
decide for or
against the
Gospel of
Christ's
reconciliation.
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