Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016
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Date
2016
Authors
Prozesky, M.
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Publisher
Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
The year 2013 was fifty years since the publication of Honest to God, by John
A.T. Robinson (1919-1983), who was Bishop of Woolwich at the time. The book
became a bestseller. The research question that gave rise to the present article
is how relevant and sound its main ideas are for South Africa, in particular, and
for his own church in 2016. This paper examines Robinson’s views from three
perspectives, namely Christian and secular practical ethics, the recent history
of the church, to which the Bishop belonged in England, and the contemporary
South African situation, in particular. The paper argues that, five hundred years on,
Robinson’s project of developing a Christian response to contemporary secular
challenges remains valid in South Africa.
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Keywords
Ethics, The churches, John Robinson, Honest to God, South Africa
Citation
Prozesky, M. (2016). Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016. Acta Theologica, 36(1), 152-169.