Salig die Vredemakers - n Geskiedenis van die Kerk in SWA/Namibie by G.L. Buys and dr J.J. Kritzinger(Afrikaans text)
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Salig die Vredemakers - n Geskiedenis van die Kerk in SWA/Namibie by G.L. Buys and dr J.J. Kritzinger(Afrikaans text)
Pretoria : Instituut vir Sendingwetenskaplike Navorsing, Universiteit van Pretoria ; Johannesburg : Thorold's Africana Books [distributor], 1989.
Condition: Very good. The pictorial laminated boards has very slight wear and the book pages are clean, clear and intact and the spine remains undamaged. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
The purpose of this research is to provide a standard Church History for Namibia. An introduction to the history of the Christian Church is necessary for Namibian and international students, visitors and Church leaders.
It offers a concise overview of the birth, growth, mature life and witness of the Christian Churches of Namibia since pre-Colonial times, up to the present.
The terminus ad quem is the celebration of independent Namibian nationhood in 1990! There is a general need for a proper understanding of the processes leading to Namibian nationhood:
The decisive role played by the Christian Churches throughout Namibia's history, establishing the present ethical and moral fibre of the Namibian nation.
This role of the Churches dare not be ignored in any secular, political, economic or cultural history of Namibia.
Without a historical record, the role of the Namibian Churches as the servants of Jesus Christ, might be overlooked by secular readers, and therefore need to be confirmed.
Up to this point in time the historiographic data of the Churches were unavailable to the general reader. It confronted the researcher with a scattered mass of facts, dates, names and events, without an analytical and comprehensive framework.
This called for a scientific and well researched ecclesiological introduction, making Church history palatable and accessible to all interested.
Not only from within Namibia, but also from without, many seconded staff or visitors to Namibia - especially since 1990, requested the authors for a standardized, concise and readable book on the history of the Namibian Churches.
