Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-
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AOSIS OpenJournals
Abstract
It was a day to remember, the 25th of April 1999. In the French Cathedral, in Berlin,
former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairman of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Dr Alex Boraine, deputy chair, were given a
resounding applause when the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prize was handed to them. In the
award document, it was stated that ’the Commission has courageously and energetically
supported the process of finding out the truth and made forgiveness possible’ (Evangelical
Church in Germany [EKD] 1999:1).
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Truth, South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Reconciliation, Justice reconciliation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Desmond Tutu, Apartheid
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Meiring, P.G.J., 2017, ‘Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South
African Truth and Reconciliation Commission’, in ‘Ecodomy – Life in its fullness’, Verbum et Ecclesia, suppl. 1, 38(3), a1559.
https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/ve.v38i3.1559.