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A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994)
Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/88900 A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) mbebe.dg@tuks.co.za Mbebe, Daluxolo Gerald UCTD Church of England in South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission Historiography Church history Apartheid Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2023. This study investigates the role of the Church of England in South Africa during the apartheid years from 1948 to 1994. It examines its Truth and Reconciliation Commission claim of political disengagement, which resulted in it being classified as a victim, not an agent, of oppression. It traces the history of Evangelical Anglicans in the Cape Colony and argues that its Erastian and Reformed theology made it a natural receptor of apartheid political ideology. This study also demonstrates that CESA aligned itself with the government from 1954 when it was used by the state to discredit prophetic voices from the Church of the Province of South Africa. It argues that CESA should be viewed as a historically Right-Wing Christian Group which advocated for State Theology. It questions the claim that its 1985 Synod resolution against violence and discrimination indicated a departure from its historical position. It argues that CESA did not condemn apartheid until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings and thus proves that it obfuscated the truth before the commission. Last, this study demonstrates that the commission failed to investigate CESA and recommends the retraction of CESA’s TRC statement because of its historical inaccuracy. Church History and Church Policy MTh Unrestricted 2023-01-19T11:06:16Z 2023-01-19T11:06:16Z 2023-04-20 2023 Dissertation Mbebe, D.G., 2023, A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994), Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88900 A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88900 10.25403/UPresearchdata.21856758 en © 2022 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 Church of England in South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission Historiography Church history Apartheid A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title | A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title_full | A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title_fullStr | A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title_short | A historical-critical analysis of the Church of England in South Africa’s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid (1948-1994) |
| title_sort | historical critical analysis of the church of england in south africa s historiographical claim of apoliticism during apartheid 1948 1994 |
| topic | UCTD Church of England in South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission Historiography Church history Apartheid |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88900 |