The Accra Confession as a response to empire

dc.contributor.authorPillay, Jerry
dc.contributor.emailjerry.pillay@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T10:04:45Z
dc.date.available2019-10-15T10:04:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-19
dc.description.abstractThe Accra Confession was formulated and adopted by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in Accra, Ghana, in 2004. This article traces the historical development of the Accra Confession and its continued impact on the present. It aims to show the confession as a Reformed response to 'empire'. The article explores the content, debates and challenges the Accra Confession offers to the notion of empire.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianae2026en
dc.description.sdgSDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesen
dc.description.sdgSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsen
dc.description.sdgSDG-17: Partnerships for the goalsen
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPillay, J., 2018, ‘The Accra Confession as a response to empire’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(4), a5284. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i4.5284.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v74i4.5284
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71833
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectAccra Confessionen_ZA
dc.subjectGoden_ZA
dc.subjectReformed Churches in Germanyen_ZA
dc.subjectWorld Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10en
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16en
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-17en
dc.titleThe Accra Confession as a response to empireen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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