Race and reconciliation in South Africa : a multicultural dialogue in comparative perspective / edited by William E. Van Vugt and G. Daan Cloete.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Van Vugt, William E., 1957-
• Cloete, G. Daan.

Series:

• Global encounters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• South Africa--Race relations.
• South Africa.
• Race relations.
• Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
• South Africa--Church history.
• Church history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2000]

Summary:

In the mid-1990s the Truth and Reconciliation Commission disclosed its findings on the awful reality of the apartheid era in South Africa. The Commission inspired scholars from Europe, North America, and South Africa to convene a group of their own, to investigate in multicultural, scholarly dialogue the history, theology, philosophy, and politics of race and reconciliation in South Africa. This volume is the product of that important dialogue. And while the focus is the particular environment of South Africa, the contributors work within a comparative perspective, using examples from other nations and cultures to explore that which makes South Africa unique. Ultimately, the book aims to offer not only a better understanding of the depth of injustice in South Africa's past, but also a deeper appreciation for the achievement of the present and the promise of the future--in South Africa and in every other multiethnic region in the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0739101420
• 0739101579

OCLC:

43684559