The Arch

by Raymond J. de Souza

Tutu was the great hope for a peaceful civil rights movement in the Apartheid era, an African Martin Luther King Jr. Continue Reading »

6 Jan 2022

South African Prospects

by John H. Chettle

A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society by Donald L. Horowitz University of California Press, 312 pages, $24.95 Just over 200 years ago, the United States was in a position arguably more critical than that of South Africa today. It had recently fought a war with . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1992

Religion and the New South Africa

by Dean C. Curry

Since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, the prospects for peaceful change in South Africa have seemingly improved. Whether those prospects are realized, and whether South Africa will join the family of democratic nations, will depend in important ways on a factor almost always overlooked by . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1990

Hope for South Africa?

by John H. Chettle

A Future South Africa: Visions, Strategies, and Realitiesedited by peter l. berger and bobby godsellwestview press, 344 pages, $32.50  “My dear friend, clear your mind of cant,” said Dr. Johnson in a celebrated piece of advice to Boswell. “You may talk as other people do; you may say to a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 1990