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Reading the Belhar Confession in a Wounded World

Published:2023-07-28 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2412-4265
Container-title:Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
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Author:

Kgatla Thias

Abstract

This paper was presented by the author as the annual Belhar Confession lecture at the University of the Western Cape on 21 April 2022. First, the paper presents what the Belhar Confession is, as well as how it has evolved in the church. The South African political, economic, social, religious and cultural landscape is portrayed as representing the “wounded world.” Second, the message of the Belhar Confession is applied to the situation, and attention is given to how this triune message can be read in the midst of emerging societal challenges.

Publisher

UNISA Press

Subject

General Medicine

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