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Christian Institute of Southern Africa       Search catalogue 294904360

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-03-23

DUT
Christelijk Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika

IND
3

MIS
The Christian Institute of Southern Africa was formed in August 1963 to allow Christians of all denominations to meet together to frame responses to racial and other problems in South Africa. Initially composed of 280 members, many of them church leaders.The Institute was primarily interested in discussing and promoting appropriate and workable Christian responses to issues such as race relations and, as such, attracted criticism from some churches and from the government. Although it was committed to non-violent opposition, the Institute was increasingly critical of the state and many accused it of confusing religion with politics. It organised conferences and published regularly, in addition to a newsletter and the annual Directors Report, there was an independent Christian magazine Pro Veritate and the Institute established the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society (Spro-Cas) in 1969 which produced a series of reports on a variety of political, economic or ethical topics. In 1973 the South African government began a series of actions against the Institute and its supporters including a trial of Beyer Naudé and his colleagues which attracted world-wide attention. Along with many other organisations the Christian Institute was banned by the South African government shortly after Steve Biko's death in 1977.

PPN
294904360

UDC
26:061.2

MRF
27:061

RT
anti-apartheid resistance
Church and State

BSO
06.05 RELIGIOUS PROCESSES AND ORGANIZATION

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