AT 2000 Volume 20 Issue 1

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    Capital punishment or capital forgiveness? The enduring message of Dead Man Walking
    (Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2000) Hale, Frederick
    The best-selling book and internationally popular film Dead Man Walking address squarely the issue of capital punishment which has been extensively debated throughout much of the world and challenged the ethical thinking of Christian and non-Christian moralists. Although chis question is created in Dead Man Walking in an explicitly Roman Catholic context in the United States of America, the ethical and spiritual dimensions of its treatment on the screen transcend geographical and denominational borders and are particularly relevant co South Africa, where escalating violence in recent years has engendered a callousness and spirit of vengefulness in many quarters and where public support for the death penalty is strong.
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    Monotheistic understanding of the divine in African religion, Christianity and Islam
    (Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2000) Namukoa, E. W.; Verster, P.; Nel, P. J.
    The article traces rhe varied expressions of the conception of the Divine in traditional African religion, Islam and Christianity. The focus in particular is on explaining the idea of monotheism in each of these religious traditions. An argument is advanced here that African religion, however different from Christianity and Islam, ultimately also manifests a form of monotheism. The rheological debate on the particular expressions of monotheism in Christianity and Islam also receive attention. Finally, a suggestion is put forward as co the possibility co exploit the commonality of the absolute position of the Divine in the religious traditions as a shared basis for religious tolerance and dialogue.