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" Religious Topoi and South Africas Truth and Reconciliation Commission "
Pieter J.J. Botha, Johannes N. Vorster, Pieter J.J. Botha, et al.
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AL
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1083154
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LA126783
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10.1163/157430199X00218
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English
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Johannes N. Vorster
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Pieter J.J. Botha
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Religious Topoi and South Africas Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Article]\ Pieter J.J. Botha, Johannes N. Vorster, Pieter J.J. Botha, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Religion and Theology
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1999
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6/3
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325–349
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| Abstract
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The role of religious language in the activities of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is analysed in this study. The (Christian) religious rhetoric is a limiting factor with regard to the possibilities and/or contribution of the TRC by fashioning a dichotomising discourse and terminology. It also imposes constraints, visible in the TRC's dealings with concepts such as truth, responsibility and causation. This discourse is, furthermore, an assistant to a formalistic way of arguing about history and humanity, which problematises the plurality and heterogeneity of our society. The role of religious language in the activities of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is analysed in this study. The (Christian) religious rhetoric is a limiting factor with regard to the possibilities and/or contribution of the TRC by fashioning a dichotomising discourse and terminology. It also imposes constraints, visible in the TRC's dealings with concepts such as truth, responsibility and causation. This discourse is, furthermore, an assistant to a formalistic way of arguing about history and humanity, which problematises the plurality and heterogeneity of our society.
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10.1163/157430199X00218
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