An article plus the cover and contents page from AMBO, a former student publication at Virginia Theological Seminary. The article makes a case of churches to divest from companies operating in South Africa. It argues that Western church institutions, which sometimes have been described as "the empire at prayer," must speak out against apartheid and for justice in South Africa and that they cannot simultaneously economically benefit from the unjust system. The article discusses apartheid, the universal church, liberation of the non-white majority. P.W. Botha, the Sullivan Principles, Sharpeville, the Rivonia trial, Soweto, the Episcopal Church General Convention, black South African, Virginia...
An article plus the cover and contents page from AMBO, a former student publication at Virginia Theological Seminary. The article makes a case of churches to divest from companies operating in South Africa. It argues that Western church institutions, which sometimes have been described as "the empire at prayer," must speak out against apartheid and for justice in South Africa and that they cannot simultaneously economically benefit from the unjust system. The article discusses apartheid, the universal church, liberation of the non-white majority. P.W. Botha, the Sullivan Principles, Sharpeville, the Rivonia trial, Soweto, the Episcopal Church General Convention, black South African, Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), and embassy demonstrations.
