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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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