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The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa aka Fedsem was a multi-denominational theological seminary in South Africa, and an experiment in ecumenical theological education. Origins [ edit ] It was opened in Alice, Transkei in 1963, in response to apartheid legislation such as the Group Areas Act which forced theological ...
The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa, perhaps better known as Fedsem, was founded in 1963. The Seminary was created for the purpose of providing theological education and ministerial formation for candidates from the Anglican, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in southern Africa, in an
The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa 307 John Aitchison,12 Mark Butler and Anne Harley,13 and Peter Kerchhoff14 also referred to it. What actually took place on 25 August 1985 and during the following days, is fairly well established. But many questions remain unanswered. Fedsem was seen by many as a
26 set 2007 · It was a combination of political circumstances and ecumenical vision that caused these churches to establish the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa in 1963. This article traces the flow of the Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist and Anglican streams towards this ecumenical experiment in convergence.
- Graham A. Duncan
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The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (Fedsem) became one of the most significant experiments in ecumenism in South Africa during the twentieth century. Fedsem came into being as one result of the Nationalist government's policy of apartheid exemplified in the passing of various pieces of legislation which led to the closure of a ...
The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa was established in a changing and fluid situation in 1960s South Africa both politically and ecclesiastically. Its foundation can be attributed to the influence of these national and church influences.
20 giu 2012 · 79 William Booth, ‘How we came together’, in Aelred Stubbs (ed.), The planting of the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa, Lovedale 1973, 3. 80 80 On this episode see, among other sources, the narrative compiled by Theodore Simpson cr under the title ‘The exodus and the agony’, 18 Dec. 1975, WCL, AB 2414, B5.2.
