TY - BOOK AU - Du Toit,C.W. ED - University of South Africa. TI - Violence, truth and prophetic silence: religion and the quest for a South African common good : a compilation of papers presented at the twenty-third symposium of the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (Unisa) held at the University of South Africa in Pretoria on 3 and 4 June 1999 SN - 186888127X PY - 2000/// CY - Pretoria PB - Research Institute for Theology and Religion, Unisa KW - South Africa KW - Truth and Reconciliation Commission KW - Violence KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Church and social problems KW - Criminal statistics KW - Social conditions KW - 1994- N1 - Includes bibliographical references; An ethic for the common good / M. H. Prozesky -- Roots of violence : is a South African common good possible? / C. W. du Toit -- Apartheid and the TRC : an analysis of scapegoat mechanisms in light of the thought of René Girard / F. D. Smith -- Listening for the prophetic voices : Where have all the prophets gone? Prophetic silences and the incapacity of religions to take us forward / C. Mayson -- Where have all the prophets gone? : Prophetic silence and the incapacity of religions to take us forward / H. J. C. Pieterse -- The civic role for the common good / T. Modise -- Violence and the church : tales of hope / R. L. Peterson -- The role of religion and theology / R. G. Helmick, SJ -- God weeps with us! / R. Bersin -- The question of individualism in urban Africa / W. P. Gregory -- Statistics, perspectives and perceptions : interpreting crime and violence in South Africa / j. J. Claasen ER -