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A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa
Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/85752 A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa Maluleke, Tinyiko S. Muller, Julian C. Ntlhola, Trevor Peter (Amafu) UCTD Post-modernism Post-foundational Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Horizontal reconciliation and vertical reconciliation Racialised society Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2021. This research is an investigation into the Christian notions of reconciliation within the context of apartheid and its current and palpable racial legacies. It is now more than two decades since the dawn of democracy and the word ‘reconciliation’ has come to evoke strong emotions in South Africa – especially between black and white peoples. Both the concepts of ‘national reconciliation’ and the ‘rainbow nation’ have become highly contested, not only across racial lines but also across class, gender and ethnic lines. In this study, I will reflect on the place of reconciliation in the political and contemporary life of Adriaan Vlok - the former apartheid Minister of Law and Order. In terms of epistemology and methodology, this thesis will use the post-foundational and narrative approaches. I will argue that in his life, first as an advocate of apartheid, then as a repentant Christian who asked for forgiveness from some of his victims, also as one who appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and disclosed as much as humanly possible, and later as an ordinary South African who tried to give back to the communities that were disadvantaged by the apartheid regime he was part of. He, Vlok was a personification of post-apartheid reconciliation. This is in the sense that he, from the Apartheid’s Nats high echelons were the only one to acknowledge and accept his own political criminality as far as Apartheid is concerned (Giliomee 2003:654 & Pikoli/Wiener 2013:221). Practical Theology PhD (Practical Theology) Unrestricted 2022-06-08T13:21:40Z 2022-06-08T13:21:40Z 2021 2021 Thesis * S2021 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85752 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Post-modernism Post-foundational Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Horizontal reconciliation and vertical reconciliation Racialised society A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title | A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_full | A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_fullStr | A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_short | A practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_sort | practical theological perspective on reconciling relationships in a post apartheid south africa |
| topic | UCTD Post-modernism Post-foundational Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Horizontal reconciliation and vertical reconciliation Racialised society |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85752 |