2008-12-052008-12-052005Meiring, PGJ 2005, 'Truth and reconciliation in South Africa : the role of the faith communities', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 146-173. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html]1609-9982http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8239Ten years after the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission commenced with its work (1995), the author - using the statements made by representatives of the different faith communities in South Africa - analyses the role the communities played in the past: as agents of oppression, as victims of apartheid, as opponents of apartheid, as well as their role in the country's transition to a new democratic society. Finally, the contribution of the faith communities in the process of reconciliation and nation building is discussed.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaFaith communitiesSouth Africa -- Truth and Reconciliation CommissionReconciliation -- Religious aspectsChurch and state -- South Africa -- History -- 20th centuryArticle