• RECONCILIATION, FORGIVENESS AND VIOLENCE IN AFRICA, biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives

RECONCILIATION, FORGIVENESS AND VIOLENCE IN AFRICA, biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives

: Nel (M.), Forster (D.) & Thesnaar (C.) eds.

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183pp., paperback, Beyers Naudé Centre on Public Theology Series, Sun Press, Stellenbosch, 2020

ISBN: 9781928480525

 

A collection of essays by researchers at Stellenbosch University that consider what reconciliation and forgiveness might mean in relation to various forms of personal, structural, and historical violence across the African continent. These complex, contested ethical issues are engaged with from three different disciplinary perspectives: Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology.

Marius Nel is Associate Professor of New Testament and Chair of the Department of Old and New Testament at Stellenbosch University.

Christo Thesnaar is Professor of Practical Theology and Head of the Unit for Reconciliation and Justice in the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.

Dion Forster is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology, and Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.