Catholicity Challenging Ethnicity: An Ecclesiological Study of Congregations and Churches in Post-apartheid South Africa

by Erik Berggren

Overview

South Africa was a divided society under apartheid, which also shaped the churches ethnically. The legacy of apartheid continues to cause division between people through inequality, injustice, skewed power relations, and marginalisation. This book deals with the relationship between the catholicity of the Church and the ethnicity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631660553
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	04/25/2016
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Erik Berggren is a priest and works at the international department at Church House in Uppsala, the headquarters of the Church of Sweden. He studied Theology and Political Science at Uppsala University. He has also completed the Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies in Bossey, WCC/University of Geneva.

Table of Contents

Contents: Catholicity – Democratisation – Ecclesiology – Ethnicity – Faith and Order – Operative Ecclesiology – Post-apartheid – Practices – South Africa – World Council of Churches.