Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Christianity in South African history / Richard Elphick -- A Christian monopoly : the Reformed Church and colonial society under Dutch rule / Jonathan N. Gerstner -- Combating spiritual and social bondage : early missions in the Cape colony / Elizabeth Elbourne & Robert Ross -- Settlement, conquest and theological controversy : the churches of nineteenth-century European immigrants / Rodney Davenport -- A battle for sacred power : Christian beginnings among the Xhosa / Janet Hodgson -- Kingdoms of this world and the next : Christian beginnings among Zulu and Swazi / Norman Etherington -- Monarchs and missionaries among the Tswana and Sotho / Roger B. Beck -- The spread of Christianity among whites and blacks in Transorangia / Irving Hexham & Karla Poewe -- Modernization and apartheid : the Afrikaner churches / Johann Kinghorn -- Grappling with a colonial heritage : the English-speaking churches under imperalism and apartheid / John W. de Gruchy -- Lutheran missions and churches in South Africa / Georg Scriba with Gunnar Lislerud -- Moving from the margins to the mainstream : the Roman Catholic Church / Joy Brain -- "A branch springs out" : African initiated churches / Hennie Pretorius & Lizo Jafta -- The segregated spirit : the Pentecostals / Allan A. Anderson & Gerald J. Pillay -- The struggle for Sunday : all-male Christianity in the Gold Mine compounds / Tshidiso Maloka -- Power in prayer and service : women's Christian organizations / Deborah Gaitskell -- Between Christ and Mohammed : conversion, slavery, and gender in the urban Western Cape / Robert C.-H. Shell -- Ambivalence, antipathy, and accommodation : Christianity and the Jews / Milton Shain -- Community service and conversion : Christianity among Indian South Africans / Gerald J. Pillay -- The drumbeat of the cross : Christianity and literature / Jeff Opland -- South African Christian music. A. Christian music in the Western tradition / Barry Smith. B. Christian music among Africans / David Dargie -- South African Christian architecture / Dennis Radford -- Millennial Christianity, British imperalism, and African nationalism / Wallace G. Mills -- The benevolent empire and the social gospel : missionaries and South African Christians in the age of segregation / Richard Elphick -- Creation and apartheid : South African theology since 1948 / Eugene M. Klaaren -- Christianity and the anti-apartheid struggle : the prophetic voice within divided churches / Peter Walshe