Ryno Louis van der Riet

Avowing Truth, Embodying Justice

A Theological Analysis of Truth-Telling and Transitional Justice in South Africa. 'Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution'.
gebunden , 320 Seiten
ISBN 3534407709
EAN 9783534407705
Veröffentlicht Juni 2023
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Beschreibung

This book presents a theological inquiry into telling the truth for justice. An analysis is made of the hermeneutical and ethical challenges of truth-telling in the pursuit of justice within the context of transitional justice in South Africa. These challenges are explored as enacted in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and in Reformed public theologies in South Africa, in conversation with the work of Michel Foucault and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The practice of confession is shown to be a quintessential form of avowing truth and embodying justice, with implications for public theology engaging issues of Christian anthropology.

Portrait

Ryno Louis van der Riet (PhD, Stellenbosch University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is an ordained minister in the Dutch Reformed Church and a Research Associate in the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

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