S. Kgatla

The significance of articles 1 and 5 of the Belhar Confession for Reformed theology

The Belhar Confession evolved during a moment of political and social crisis in the 1980s in South Africa. The 1980s in South Africa were marked by a deepening crisis of apartheid, fuelled by mass action, escalating violence, and the government’s increasingly repressive measures. This decade saw the ‘roaring’ of resist...