Christianity in South Africa : a political, social, and cultural history / [print]
edited by Richard Elphick and Rodney Davenport.
- Berkeley, California : University of California Press, (c)1997.
- xiv, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 55 .
- Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 55. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Christianity in South African history A Christian monopoly : the Reformed Church and colonial society under Dutch rule Combating spiritual and social bondage : early missions in the Cape colony Settlement, conquest and theological controversy : the churches of nineteenth-century European immigrants A battle for sacred power : Christian beginnings among the Xhosa Kingdoms of this world and the next : Christian beginnings among Zulu and Swazi Monarchs and missionaries among the Tswana and Sotho The spread of Christianity among whites and blacks in Transorangia Modernization and apartheid : the Afrikaner churches Grappling with a colonial heritage : the English-speaking churches under imperalism and apartheid Lutheran missions and churches in South Africa Moving from the margins to the mainstream : the Roman Catholic Church "A branch springs out" : African initiated churches The segregated spirit : the Pentecostals The struggle for Sunday : all-male Christianity in the Gold Mine compounds Power in prayer and service : women's Christian organizations Between Christ and Mohammed : conversion, slavery, and gender in the urban Western Cape Ambivalence, antipathy, and accommodation : Christianity and the Jews Community service and conversion : Christianity among Indian South Africans The drumbeat of the cross : Christianity and literature South African Christian music. A. Christian music in the Western tradition South African Christian architecture Millennial Christianity, British imperalism, and African nationalism The benevolent empire and the social gospel : missionaries and South African Christians in the age of segregation Creation and apartheid : South African theology since 1948 Christianity and the anti-apartheid struggle : the prophetic voice within divided churches Richard Elphick -- Jonathan N. Gerstner -- Elizabeth Elbourne and Robert Ross -- Rodney Davenport -- Janet Hodgson -- Norman Etherington -- Roger B. Beck -- Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- Johann Kinghorn -- John W. de Gruchy -- Georg Scriba with Gunnar Lislerud -- Joy Brain -- Hennie Pretorius and Lizo Jafta -- Allan A. Anderson and Gerald J. Pillay -- Tshidiso Maloka -- Deborah Gaitskell -- Robert C.-H. Shell -- Milton Shain -- Gerald J. Pillay -- Jeff Opland -- Barry Smith. B. Christian music among Africans David Dargie -- Dennis Radford -- Wallace G. Mills -- Richard Elphick -- Eugene M. Klaaren -- Peter Walshe.