Century City, SA: Penguin Random House. 2021. xviii + pp. 614, price: R320.00 ISBN 978-1-177609-5... more Century City, SA: Penguin Random House. 2021. xviii + pp. 614, price: R320.00 ISBN 978-1-177609-596-4
Broad in scope yet written from a well-defined perspective, this book provides a superb narrative... more Broad in scope yet written from a well-defined perspective, this book provides a superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and interactions with culture in the United States and Canada from the colonial period to the present.One of the foremost authorities on the history of Christianity in North America, Mark Noll has intentionally made this history a comprehensive, balanced one-volume work: the book covers the great variety of Christian experience throughout all of North American history, sensitively encompassing the story of many contrasting groups and regions--elite and common people, whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women, North and South. Adding a personal dimension to the narrative, numerous biographical profiles further enrich Noll's multifaceted exploration of major movements and events.
This article analyses the conflict which arose as a result of the attempt to amalgamate the churc... more This article analyses the conflict which arose as a result of the attempt to amalgamate the church associations in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) between 1999 and 2015, following the union of the black Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (RPCSA) and white dominated Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (PCSA) in 1999. This process has been hindered by problems that have plagued the anticipated union of the church associations that appear to conform to former denominational lines. Historically, the associations have been the vanguard of mission in both former denominations. This article will argue that structural unity in the UPCSA has by and large been unable to assist in overcoming some of the old divides between the former two denominations. As a result, this has the potential to test the witness and have a serious negative impact on the mission of the UPCSA.
Early in the life of settler/colonial Presbyterianism in South Africa (PCSA), congregations embar... more Early in the life of settler/colonial Presbyterianism in South Africa (PCSA), congregations embarked on missions to indigenous local peoples. This was done under the supervision of White sponsoring congregations. A considerable period elapsed before any thought was given to the autonomy of these missions, and even longer before autonomy was granted. This article investigates the process and journey towards self-government in African congregations within Presbyterian polity, taking account of the racial and other issues involved—including power and control over Black people who found that the church was virtually the only place where they could exercise any freedom of action. The New Brighton Mission Church is an example of the problems which arose out of the lack of a clear policy.
Century City, SA: Penguin Random House. 2021. xviii + pp. 614, price: R320.00 ISBN 978-1-177609-5... more Century City, SA: Penguin Random House. 2021. xviii + pp. 614, price: R320.00 ISBN 978-1-177609-596-4
Broad in scope yet written from a well-defined perspective, this book provides a superb narrative... more Broad in scope yet written from a well-defined perspective, this book provides a superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and interactions with culture in the United States and Canada from the colonial period to the present.One of the foremost authorities on the history of Christianity in North America, Mark Noll has intentionally made this history a comprehensive, balanced one-volume work: the book covers the great variety of Christian experience throughout all of North American history, sensitively encompassing the story of many contrasting groups and regions--elite and common people, whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women, North and South. Adding a personal dimension to the narrative, numerous biographical profiles further enrich Noll's multifaceted exploration of major movements and events.
This article analyses the conflict which arose as a result of the attempt to amalgamate the churc... more This article analyses the conflict which arose as a result of the attempt to amalgamate the church associations in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) between 1999 and 2015, following the union of the black Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (RPCSA) and white dominated Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (PCSA) in 1999. This process has been hindered by problems that have plagued the anticipated union of the church associations that appear to conform to former denominational lines. Historically, the associations have been the vanguard of mission in both former denominations. This article will argue that structural unity in the UPCSA has by and large been unable to assist in overcoming some of the old divides between the former two denominations. As a result, this has the potential to test the witness and have a serious negative impact on the mission of the UPCSA.
Early in the life of settler/colonial Presbyterianism in South Africa (PCSA), congregations embar... more Early in the life of settler/colonial Presbyterianism in South Africa (PCSA), congregations embarked on missions to indigenous local peoples. This was done under the supervision of White sponsoring congregations. A considerable period elapsed before any thought was given to the autonomy of these missions, and even longer before autonomy was granted. This article investigates the process and journey towards self-government in African congregations within Presbyterian polity, taking account of the racial and other issues involved—including power and control over Black people who found that the church was virtually the only place where they could exercise any freedom of action. The New Brighton Mission Church is an example of the problems which arose out of the lack of a clear policy.
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