Ministry to political prisoners on Robben Island (1960 - 1990) : a Church History approach

dc.contributor.advisorVan der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys)en
dc.contributor.emailu14393362@tuks.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateMothamaha, Ezekiel Mafokaen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-28T13:38:01Z
dc.date.available2017-06-28T13:38:01Z
dc.date.created2017-04-06en
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.en
dc.description.abstractI have read many articles and seen many stories about Robben Island. What I find lacking in these articles and stories is the role played by the church in relation to ministry to political prisoners. Given my own experience as a political prisoner on Robben Island, I am of the view that this subject should be explored and told. As implied in the title, this study will focus on the period covering three decades (1960- 1970, 1971-1980 and 1981-1990). These periods will be considered separately and collectively. Background A brief background information about Robben Island as a maximum security prison will be provided here. Furthermore, the categories and affiliations of political prisoners are explained. Lastly, detail relating to existence of different religions is discussed. Problem Statement The role played by the church in ministry to political prisoners on Robben Island between 1960 and 1990. Methodology This study makes use of oral history by way of interviews and other sources such as questionnaires, records, etc. to generate data from, among, others: 1. Political prisoners incarcerated during the period stated above. 2. Chaplain(s) who served during this period. 3. Prison Official(s) who served during this period Archived material relating to ministry to political prisoners covering this period will be inspected. Findings In the introduction of his book The Changing Shape of Church History, Justo L. González (2002:1) starts by asking the question: "where is the cutting edge of church history?" My expectation is that the findings of this study, as they are stated here, would illustrate the cutting edge of the church history on Robben Island.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden
dc.description.degreeMAen
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen
dc.description.librarianae2025en
dc.description.sdgSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsen
dc.identifier.citationMothamaha, EM 2016, Ministry to political prisoners on Robben Island (1960 - 1990) : a Church History approach, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61192>en
dc.identifier.otherA2017en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61192
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.rights© 2017 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.en
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectPolitical Prisoner(s)en
dc.subjectMaximum Security Prison and Robben Islanden
dc.subjectEx-Prison Warder(s)en
dc.subjectEx-Political Prisoner(s)en
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleMinistry to political prisoners on Robben Island (1960 - 1990) : a Church History approachen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen

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