The Quakers in South Africa : a social witness / Betty K. Tonsing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tonsing, Betty K.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Quaker studies ; v. 3.

Quaker studies ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Society of Friends--South Africa.

Society of Friends.

Church history.

South Africa--Church history--20th century.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

v, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: The Quaker Setting 1

Chapter 1 Evolution of a Religious Fellowship: Traditional Quaker Concerns 11

Chapter 2 The South African Historical Background 33

Chapter 3 Quakers in South Africa: An Early History 55

Chapter 4 South African Quakers and Segregation 75

Chapter 5 Inchanga 97

Chapter 6 The Advent of Apartheid and the Quaker Conscience Among South African Friends 117

Chapter 7 South African Quakers and the Defiance Campaign 151

Chapter 8 From Defiance to Resistance: The South African Quaker Response 181

Chapter 9 The South African Quaker Position on Sanctions and Reconciliation 207

Chapter 10 South African Friends Define Their Social Witness 253

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Quakers, Those We Call Friends 275

Appendix A Organizational Structure of the Religious Society of Friends 293

Appendix B Listing of Quakers Frequently Mentioned in the Study 299

Appendix C Bibliography of Books, Articles and Papers by Henrik van der Merwe 307

Appendix D Reprint of and Notes on the Conscience Clause Inserted in the 1912 South African Defense Act which Excluded Quakers from Military Service 309

Appendix E "Crisis in South Africa" by Rosemary Elliott 317

Appendix F American Civil Rights Movement and the Accusation of Communist Linkage 325

Appendix G Harold George Calpin 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0773471049

OCLC:

49784961