Reformed spirituality and the spirit of reconciliation : a personal journey

dc.contributor.authorMeiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T09:27:45Z
dc.date.available2019-10-11T09:27:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThe article represents auto-ethnographical (narrative) reflections about the author's journey towards reconciling diversity with the advent of democracy in South Africa. The author recounts aspects of his participation in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It focuses on aspects of Reformed theology and spirituality as instruments for reconciling diversity. Local and international theologians opposed apartheid, calling it an unjust and indefensible political system, using their Reformed conviction, often applying the very same notions and principles. The article discusses the opposition to apartheid in the Reformed world, which culminated during the Ottawa meeting of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982 when apartheid was denounced as a 'sin and a heresy' - a legitimate cause for a Status Confessionisin a classical Reformed manner. The article demonstrates the way in which the TRC took note of all of this and includes testimonies of Reformed theologians and leaders who opposed apartheid, often paying a costly price.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentScience of Religion and Missiologyen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMeiring, P., 2018, ‘Reformed spirituality and the spirit of reconciliation: A personal journey’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(4), a4934. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i4.4934.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v74i4.4934
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71800
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSISen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPersonal reflectionen_ZA
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_ZA
dc.subjectDiversityen_ZA
dc.subjectReformed theologyen_ZA
dc.subjectTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)en_ZA
dc.titleReformed spirituality and the spirit of reconciliation : a personal journeyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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