Cottesloe 50 years later : did the Dutch Reformed Church answer to the call?
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys)
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Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch
Abstract
The Cottesloe consultation took place fifty years ago. The declaration after the
consultation made a call to the church in South Africa to get involved in the struggle
against the unjust system of Apartheid. Although the declaration was met by
negative reaction from the Dutch Reformed Church, the church struggled since 1961
through various synods to answer to the call of Cottesloe. After the first answer,
Human relations and the South African scene in light of scripture, was rejected, it was
back to the drawing board. The final answer was eventually given at the Rustenburg
conference in 1990 after several important impulses influenced the theological
thinking in the church. Although the Dutch Reformed Church officially answered to
the call in 1990 the challenge of Cottesloe still remains, fifty years later.
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Church and society, Rustenburg conference, Dutch Reformed Church confession
Sustainable Development Goals
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Van Der Merwe, JM 2010, 'Cottesloe 50 years later: did the Dutch Rerormed Church answer to the call?', NGTT: Dutch Reformed Theological Journal / Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, vol. 51, no. 3&4, pp. 154-163. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ngtt.html]