Facing the Truth,9780821413074

Facing the Truth

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ISBN13: 9780821413074
ISBN10: 0821413074
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Ohio Univ Pr
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Summary

The unique motivation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to "turn its back on revenge" and to create a space where the deeper process "of forgiveness, confession, repentance, reparation, and reconciliation can take place" has, at its heart, the sentiment of certain faith communities within the nation. In this most candid of studies, we have the historical notes that formed that difficult process, which was and continues to be a struggle of theological and philosophical import within the faith communities. The writers gathered here look at this complex matter from many perspectives but all seek to reinvigorate the religious discourses about truth and reconciliation, suggesting new ways of understanding, and new configurations. The book includes extracts of verbatim testimonies of faith communities to the TRC.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane
List of abbreviations
xi
Introduction
Faith, Struggle and Reconciliation
1(14)
John de Gruchy
James Cochrane
Stephen Martin
Faith Communities and Apartheid
The RICSA Report
15(66)
Opening Up: Reflective Essays
Reconciliation in South Africa: Is Religion Relevant?
81(10)
Carl Niehaus
Right-wing Christian Groups
91(10)
Roger A. Arendse
The Truth and Reconciliation Discourse: A Black Theological Evaluation
101(13)
Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
The AICs and the TRC: Resistance Redefined
114(12)
Robin M. Petersen
The Offender and the Church
126(6)
H. Russel Botman
Stories, Fragments and Monuments
132(10)
David Chidester
The Question (of) Remains: Remembering Shoah, Forgetting Reconciliation
142(11)
Heidi Grunebaum-Ralpha
Oren Stier
Going Public, Building Covenants: Linking the TRC to Theology and the Church
153(14)
William Johnson Everett
Afterword
Hearing the Truth
167(3)
Charity Majiza
Wounded Healers
170(5)
James Cochrane
John de Gruchy
Stephen Martin
Appendix 1: Extracts from the Submission and Testimony of Faith Communities to the TRC 175(16)
Appendix 2: A List of Written Materials Received by the TRC from Faith Communities 191(6)
Appendix 3: Testimony at the Faith Hearings 197(2)
Notes 199(26)
Bibliography 225(10)
Index 235

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