Faith as politics-and politics as faith: Beyers Naudé and Dag Hammarskjöld

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dc.contributor.authorMelber, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-21T12:21:16Z
dc.date.available2016-11-21T12:21:16Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores commonalities in the faith and political spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) and Beyers Naudé (1915-2004) on occasion of the hundredth birthday of “Oom Bey”, as Beyers Naudé was called by those who knew him well. It presents the theology of Naudé and the spiritual dimensions of Hammarskjöld in the context of political engagement taking forms of empathy and commitment towards social justice and respect for otherness. Using their statements, it shows the parallels in their thinking, which understood faith as politics and, at the same time, politics as a matter of faith. Thereby, this essay suggests that, despite their different roles as pastor in South Africa and as Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) during the times of decolonization on the African continent respectively, both converged to a large extent in the values motivating their active roles played also in the political arena of their timesen_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationMelber, H. (2015). Faith as politics-and politics as faith: Beyers Naudé and Dag Hammarskjöld. Journal for Contemporary History, 40(2), 96-109.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0285-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/4709
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectBeyers Naudéen_ZA
dc.subjectDag Hammerskjölden_ZA
dc.subjectFaithen_ZA
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_ZA
dc.subjectPoliticsen_ZA
dc.subjectSolidarityen_ZA
dc.subjectApartheiden_ZA
dc.subjectUnited Nations (UN)en_ZA
dc.titleFaith as politics-and politics as faith: Beyers Naudé and Dag Hammarskjölden_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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