Christianity in South Africa

This is an ambitious book, which aims to give a synthesis of recent historiography on Christianity in South Africa ... It is eloquent and persuasive in its advocacy of the importance of Christianity for a general understanding of South African history, and as such will be of considerable value both to the general historian and to the student of Christianity.

• Part 1 The transplanting of christianity: The Reformed Church and colonial society under Dutch rule, Jonathan N. Gerstner; Early missions in the Cape colony, Elizabeth Elbourne, Robert Ross; Churches of 19th-century European immigrants, R. Davenport; Christian beginnings (Xhosa), Janet Hodgson; Christian beginnings (ZULU and Swazi), Norman Etherington; Monarchs and missionaries (Tswana and Sotho), Roger B. Beck; The spread of christianity in Transorangia, Irving Hexham, Karla Poewe. Part 2 The churches of modern Africa: Afrikaner churches, Johann Kinghorn; English-speaking churches, John W. de Gruchy; Lutheran missions and churches, Georg Scriba, Gunnar Lislerud; The Roman Catholic Church, Joy Barin; African initiated churches, Hennie Pretorius, Lizo Jafta; The Pentecostals, Allan A. Anderson, Gerald J. Pillay. Part 3 Christianity in South Africa sub-cultures: all-male christianity in gold-mine compounds, Tshidiso Maloka; Women's christian organisations, Deborah Gaiskell; Conversion, slavery and gender in urban western Cape, Robert C.H. shell; Christianity and the jews, Milton Shain; christianity among Indian South Africans, Gerald J. Pillay. Part 4 Christianity and creative arts: Christianity and literature, Jeff Opland; Christian music in the western tradition, Barry Smith; Christian music among Africans, David Dargie; South African christian architecture, Dennis Radford. Part 5 Christianity, power and race: Millennial christianity; British imperialism and African nationalism, Wallace G. Mills; Missionaries and South African christians in the age of segregation, R. Elphick; South African theology since 1948, E.M. Klaaren; Christianity and anti-apartheid struggle, P. Walshe.