Years after the end of Apartheid, South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the bottom end of the social ladder to make sense of their world. This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage plays an important role in reintegrating some of those fragmented worlds into something approaching wholeness. UK. ASHGATE.

In the course of his ministry as an Anglican priest in South Africa, Bob Clarke worked in parishes and in ecumenical contexts and as a Church History lecturer. He was deeply involved in ministry to people detained without trial, as well as in conflict resolution and monitoring South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994. Index, bib, 594pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

The author analyses the political consequences of bringing Christianity to South Africa and the use of the Church to undermine Apartheid. Index, bib, notes, xxix, 278pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Initial religious encounters between the settlers in southern Africa and the indigenous inhabitants entailed the establishment of settler churches and their relationships with their home countries. This era therefore saw little by way of the spread of Christianity. However, with the arrival of Johannes van der Kemp and other missionaries from the London Missionary Society in 1799, Christianity began to cross colonial boundaries, marking the great era of missions in southern Africa. or the most part they sided with their colonial heritage and roots, but in some significant instances, their identification with the indigenous people led them to take extremely unpopular stands against both Boer and British colonial authority. This conflict is traced at various levels throughout the book. The book concludes with a fascinating glimpse into two different sites of missionary expansion; Christianity across the Orange River and finally, Natal and Zululand. While Robert Moffat of Kuruman and Bishop Colenso are central figures in these respective stories, the broader spread of Christianity in this period is traced through multiple voices and stories. 354pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Working from 3500 primary documents dating from the mid-seventeenth century, this book analyses the ways in which Christianity was instrumental in the formation of a modern South Africa, an increasingly urban, industrial and capitalist society. Index, bib, 380pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

A study looking at how Christianity spread among the various regions and peoples of South Africa and how different traditions fared during the twentieth century. The contributors examine the subject in relations to gender, interaction with other world religions, cultural influence, and the struggles over imperialism and racial segregation. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Index, xiv, 479pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852557515

A 'call to rediscover our humanity in the presence of God and the Christian community, so that we may live as credible witnesses to God's kingdom in the context of a challenging and often broken world'. Bib, xii, 208pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2000 1875053190 Paperback

This third edition published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first edition. Prefaces and postscripts to all editions are included, and the foreword is by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Examines the role of South African churches in the struggle against apartheid and, in this new edition, looks at their place in encouraging reconciliation in post apartheid South Africa. Bib, app, xxx, 286pp, UK. SCM CANTERBURY PRESS LTD.

Ever since Anglican Christians began to live and work in the then Transvaal in the 1860s, tensions were built into the life of the church: Imperial policy, colonial attitudes, black and white Christians meeting in different congregations, and deep differences about Christian witness in a conflicted society. At times the church showed remarkable integrity and courage over issues of race, land, housing and unity not only under apartheid, but long before. Yet the church also reflected superficiality, racism and moral compromise. B/w photos, bib, 432pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

Content analysis of Archbishop Tutu's sermons and speeches, providing fresh perspectives on prophetic preaching in the context of political crisis. BNS, 160pp, NETHERLANDS. EJ BRILL, 9004120505

This book brings into view the most enduring and distinctive philosophical current in South African history, one often obscured or patronized as Afrikaner liberalism. It traces this current of thought from nineteenth-century disputes over Dutch liberal theology through Stellenbosch existentialism to the prison writings of Breyten Breytenbach, and examines related themes in the work of Olive Schreiner, M. K. Gandhi, and Richard Turner. At the core of this tradition is a defence of free speech in its classical sense, as a virtue necessary for a good society, rather than in its modern liberal sense as an individual right. Out of this defence of free speech, conducted in the face of charges of heresy, treason, and immorality, a range of philosophical conceptions developed of the self constituted in dialogue with others, of freedom as transcendence of the given, and of a dialectical movement of consciousness as it is educated through debate and action. 264pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Indigenous churches form a striking part of the phenomenal growth of Christian churches on the African continent. Yet, much confusion abounds about them, which this books seeks to clarify. The Cape Flats township is the specific regional historical context, but the scope is widened to include the broader movement in South Africa and Christianity in Africa. The Zionists present a lively and vital form of the Christian mission, an alternative to conventional mission agencies. Their uniqueness and attraction lie in their view of Zion as a safe refuge in a Xhosa religio-cultural perspective. In the harsh urban conditions of the Cape Flats Zion becomes the City of God. Index, bib, apps, 365pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Apartheid profoundly challenged conceptions of humanity and development that arose after World War II. By focusing on the Swiss Mission in South Africa (SMSA) as an actor in Switzerland, South Africa and in international ecumenical organisations, this book analyses the manner in which religious organisations dealt with the formulation and implementation of apartheid. Through key issues such as education, health, homelands, ethnicity as well as sanctions and investment policies, the work shows how apartheid led to profound divisions within church circles both inside and outside of South Africa. Index, bib, 303pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

A series of clear explorations of modern ethics in South Africa. Looking at the problems facing the country in the new millennium, the author proposes new moral guidelines so that people of different faiths, cultures and histories can create a shared ethic as the foundation of a better world. 117pp, SOUTH AFRICA. EQUINYM PUBLISHING, 1874976104

2003 DELAY Paperback

Now in paperback. Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he displayed while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has A Dream, his most soul searching book to date, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. Drawing on personal and historical examples, the Archbishop reaches out to readers of all backgrounds, showing how individual and global suffering is, and can be transformed into joy and redemption. ix, 150pp, UK. RIDER.

Theologians from the Tilburg Faculty of Theology in the Netherlands and St. Joseph's Theological Institute at Cedara, South Africa offer contributions in the fields of exegesis, feminist theology, liturgy, and systematic theology, looking in particular at how political and geographical contexts influence theologies. Notes, viii, 284pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2003 1875053409 Paperback

As Archbishop of Cape Town at the height of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Desmond Tutu saw many shocking and violent incidents. Later, as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as well as a leading peace negotiator in many troubled parts of the world, he heard many appalling stories of mans inhumanity to man. Yet he still has a firm conviction that we are 'made by goodness for goodness'. He argues that, though we sometimes act out of depravity and despair, we do know in our heart of hearts that we are not as we were meant to be, and were created to be so much more. The truth of human goodness can get hidden under the fear that we cannot live up to its demands, or it can get buried under faults or failures, or it can just get forgotten. 144pp, UK. RIDER.

A collection of essays discussing issues such as African Christianity and African Indigenous Churches, and outlining methodologies for building bridges between racial and cultural divides in a theological context. Also includes papers by Bongani A. Mazibuko describing his experiences with pastoral training and intercultural learning in Birmingham, UK and Durban, South Africa. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, xx, 572pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2003 1875053379 Paperback

A collection of some of the South African philosopher's most popular works, as well as three previously uncollected essays. This professor of philosophy, who took great pleasure in claiming that he would be disowned by most schools of philosophy in the West, finds mundane matters such as pots and rocks worthy of investigation. He enriches and enlarges our understanding of the world by synthesising Eastern and Western thought - along the way demonstrating that Plato and Confucius were brothers in arms - and by taking a stance on the environment that is far ahead of its time. 176pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

For most of the period under review, formal conversions to Christianity few, yet Christian values and institutions became prevalent features among African societies. Missionary evangelical strategies and African conversions to Christianity were tested in the context of South African colonial politics and economic transformations. While in the Transvaal Christianity offered little scope for explicit political opposition, it opened up major fields of cultural innovation which, in due time, became the basis for new articulations of African social aspirations. This study explores a mine of unpublished information in archives of the Hermannsburg and Berlin missions. It attempts to prove that the detail we can build on Africans' experiences with Christianity is considerable. 344pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

2002 382584773X Paperback

An insight into the changing shape of contemporary religion examining the new role that Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity plays in the lives of young, professional, black women who are enjoying career success and becoming part of South Africa's new middle class. Amongst these women an interesting relationship has emerged between work and religion as they feel that the social networks and self confidence they gain from their religious communities are as important as their spiritual experiences. But not all the women who join these churches remain, and this book explores why some women leave the churches in which they had previously felt they gained so much. Index, bib, 298pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Essays that argue that there is a crucial element of human nature that is often overlooked in the international science-and-religion debate, a dimension that transcends what the sciences are able to study because it is what enables people to be the creators and judges of science. It is also what endows humanity with the freedom and responsibility of deciding which, if any, religion to follow. These essays bring together insights, drawn from both European and African traditions of thought, that argue for this ultimately mysterious dimension of humanity. 326pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

A collection of in depth interviews with thirty three leaders from a wide range of faiths whose views were sought on the success of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Index, apps, x, 321pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS

Religion and spirituality are closely woven into the fabric of South African public and private life - though not always seamlessly or in matching thread. This book is concerned with the role of religion and spirituality in individual identity and belief, as well as in the public spheres of governance and policy-making. It brings together significant researchers from various disciplinary perspectives, ranging from law and politics to theology, literature and media studies, with the aim of investigating new critical approaches to religion and spirituality, particularly in the post-colony. 320pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Lao Tsu meets Oom Schalk Lourens in this delightful meditation on what it means to practise Zen. Antony Osler - Buddhist monk, legal adviser, farmer and father - contemplates life as it passes by the stoep of his Karoo farm, sharing anecdotes and conversations, poetic images and indelible characters, watching the seasons, the people and his country as everything changes. 50 b/w photos, 176pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Religion in the City of Pretoria ( Tshwane), 1855 2000

A study of the dynamics of religious changes that took place in Pretoria (Tshwane) since its inception in 1855 to 2000. The author discusses the changes in South African society and records the roles in the religious landscape of the city of numerous Christian churches and other religions including African religions, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Index, notes, maps, b/w illus, xvi, 680pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS, 1868882462

Late prelate's Second Vatican Council memoir and six essays by clerics in South Africa on the continuing debates within the Catholic Church over its role and shape in the modern world. 300pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.