Browsing by Author "Boesak, Allan"

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    The tenderness of conscience : African renaissance and the spirituality of politics
    (SUN PRESS, 2005) Boesak, Allan
    BOOK BLURB: With this book theologian and political observer Allan Boesak once again displays the strengths of his writings that were evident in the seventies and eighties: bringing Christian theology to bear on the political and socio-economic realities of our world. This time the emphasis falls on President Thabo Mbeki’s idea and ideal of an African Renaissance and its interaction with globalization, continental politics and the political dynamics in South Africa as they pertain to the burning issues of our time: reconciliation, the role of the church in post-apartheid South Africa, the centrality of religious faith in the struggle for freedom, and Allan Boesak’s assertion that “just as we had a spirituality of struggle, so South Africa needs a spirituality of politics”. The Tenderness of Conscience is a passionate, eloquent and entirely convincing book, not just in its treatment of the issues, but also in its forthright and mind-broadening conversation with President Thabo Mbeki. It is a clarion call for the transformational presence of the religious voice in politics – a voice that speaks up for the well-being of the entire nation.
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    Die vlug van Gods verbeelding
    (SUN MeDIA, 2005) Boesak, Allan
    INLEIDING: Ons Afrikaanse koerante staan deesdae bol van lesersbriewe uit bepaalde kringe van die kerk wat reageer op artikels van en oor teoloë oor dinge wat vir ons geloof van fundamentele belang is: die skepping, die historiese Jesus, die gesag van die Skrifte en die opstanding. Ek kan nie sê hoe bly ek oor dié ontwikkeling is nie. Dit beteken immers dat teologiese debatte oor sake wat die hart van die geloof raak, nie meer slegs in geleerde boeke, vakteologiese artikels en lesinglokale gevoer word nie. “Gewone” Christene praat saam, en dit is uiters belangrik.