Browsing Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 38 Number 2, December 2012 by Title

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Towards a post-secularist paradigm?

Vorster, Koos (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

This research article examines the validity of Berger’s statement (Berger, 1999:2) that the assumption that we live in a secularised world is false (Berger is a sociologist of religion). Berger’s statement was followed ...
"Ungusobaba" (you are our father): the life of an Anglican bishop, Lawrence Bekisisa Zulu (1937-2013+)

Mbaya, Henry (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

This study seeks to document the role that Lawrence Bekisisa Zulu played in the Anglican Church in South Africa (ACSA), particularly in the dioceses of Zululand and Swaziland, as a bishop. It records the life story of ...
The unity of the church: a South African denominational experience and witness

August, Karel Th (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

From the time of its inception in 1869, the Moravian Church in South Africa was divided into two provinces along ethnic lines. As the church is the “body of Jesus Christ,” which confesses the one Lord, who has one faith ...
Witch-hunts in modern Africa and early modern Europe (1450-1750): a comparison

Kgatla, Thias (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

Belief in witchcraft is found across the world and in some societies alleged witches are persecuted and killed. This article explores the rise of false accusations of witchcraft and the resultant killings in South Africa ...

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