THE ROAD TO UNITY, the Lutheran Churches of southern Africa confronting a divided past

242pp., paperback, Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781869145934

This book focuses on the findings of a historical study commissioned by the bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA/ Cape Church) and the Northeastern Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (NELCSA), in association with the KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council, in order to understand why the Lutheran churches of southern Africa are still institutionally separated into historically black and historically white churches.

Philippe Denis is Senior Professor of History of Christianity at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a member of the Dominican Order.