The Church Partitioned or the Church Reconciled? South Africa’s Theological and Historical Dilemma
by Botman, H. Russel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books. 105-119. This chapter is interested in the occurrence of the theme of reconciliation as it has become an...
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Building a Pluralist Democracy: An Examination of Religious Associations in South Africa and Zimbabwe
by Kuperus, Tracy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books. 77-104. Observers who comment on South Africa’s democratic experience concentrate mainly on the domestic...
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Ecclesiastical Racism and the Politics of Confession in the United States and South Africa
by Smith, R. Drew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books. 53-76. This chapter highlights important aspects of the race-bound histories of these churches, noting...
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The Chastening of the English-Speaking Churches in South Africa
by de Gruchy, John W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books. 37-51. De Gruchy implicates the English-speaking churches of South Africa in their complicity during the reign...
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British Immigration during the Nineteenth Century: The American and South African Experience
by Van Vugt, William E
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books. 19-36. In our attempt to comprehend the history of race and reconciliation in South Africa we can gain some...
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South Africa and Paul’s Letter to the Galatians: A Struggle with Ethnicity and Race
by Cloete, G. Daan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Race and Reconciliation in South Africa: A Multicultural Dialogue in Comparative Perspective. Ed. by William E. Van Vugt & G. Daan Cloete. Lanham: Lexington Books.1-18. Cloete delves into the implications of Paul’s letter to the Galatians for race relations. He argues...
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The political dimension of reconciliation: a theological analysis of ways of dealing with guilt during the transition to democracy in South Africa and (East) Germany
by Wustenberg, Ralf K
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. When a nation is working through its past, the call for reconciliation is often expressed, as was the case in South Africa after the end of apartheid and in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Informed by Ralf...
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The Crying Tree
by Rakha, Naseem
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) New York: Broadway Books. Irene and Nate Stanley are living a quiet and contented life with their two children, Bliss and Shep, on their family farm in southern Illinois when Nate suddenly announces he’s been offered a job as a deputy sheriff in Oregon. Irene fights her...
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Restorative Justice in a Prison Community: Or Everything I Didn’t Learn in Kindergarten I Learned in Prison
by Swanson, Cheryl
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Lanham: Lexington Books. Arguing from the standpoint that prison reform is a moral and practical imperative, Swanson uses the example of the Honor Dorm in W.C. Holman Correctional Facility to demonstrate that restorative justice practices can have extremely positive results for...
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Non-Adversarial Justice
by Freiberg, Arie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Sydney: The Federation Press. This comprehensive book provides a large overview of emerging trends in Australian criminal justice. While the current system operates under adversarial justice, there have been increasing movements away from it. Some alternative forms of...
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Justice in Transition: Community Restorative Justice in Ireland
by Eriksson, Anna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Portland: Willan Publishing. Eriksson’s work is a comprehensive review of how community-based restorative justice operates and what it has achieved in Northern Ireland. She begins with a general introduction to the history, values, achievements, and critiques of...
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Quality Services Guaranteed? A Review of Victim Policy in South Africa
by Frank, Cheryl
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Monograph 137, Institute for Security Studies. In the context of significant developments in the international arena relating to the recognition of rights relating to crime victims, this monograph seeks to analyse three of the central policy efforts relating to crime victims in...
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Repairing the Rupture: Restorative Justice and the Rehabilitation of Offenders.
by Ward, Tony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Aggression And Violent Behavior. 14(3):205-214. Restorative justice is a social justice movement that aims to deal with consequences of crime through repairing and restoring relationships of three key stakeholders: victims, offenders, and communities. An analysis of the...
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Unable or Unwilling? Case Studies on Domestic Implementation of the ICC Statute in Selected African Countries
by du Plessis, Max
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Monograph 141, Institute for Security Studies. This monograph is intended to contribute to enhanced understanding of the reasons why some African states have been slow in meeting their domestication obligations under the Rome Statute. In the international arena, African...
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Corruption and Governance in the DRC during the Transition Period (2003-2006)
by Kodi, Muzong
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Monograph 148, Institute for Security Studies. This study makes a modest contribution to a review of the transition period. It assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the anti-corruption institutions and laws that were in force during that time, evaluates the degree of their...
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