Michael Worsnip

Michael Worsnip is a South African Anglican theologian. He is author of several books, most notably Between the Two Fires - the Anglican Church in South Africa 1948 -1957; the book Priest and Partisan: A South African journey on anti-Apartheid activist and fellow Anglican priest, Father Michael Lapsley; the Novel Remittance Man. He was formerly the Secretary General of the Lesotho Council of churches and was deported from South Africa after giving an interview to the BBC.[1]

He is currently Managing Director of Maropeng, the official visitor center to the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and was Land Claims Commissioner for the Western Cape,[2] he has previously been involved in Land and Housing in South Africa.[3]

Publications

Worsnip's publications include:

  • Church of the Province of South Africa and the Formation of a Social Conscience 1948-1957: with Particular Emphasis on the Thought of Geoffrey Hare Clayton. University of Manchester. 1985.
  • South Africa's National Security State and the Churches. Federal Theological Seminary. 1988.
  • Between the two fires: the Anglican Church and apartheid : 1948-1957. University of Natal Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-86980-795-8.
  • We shall overcome: a spirituality of liberation. Cluster Publications. 1991. ISBN 978-0-9583141-2-1. with Desmond van der Water.
  • Priest and Partisan: A South African Journey. Ocean Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-875284-96-2.
  • Low Intensity Conflict and the South African Church. IDASA. 1989.
  • Remittance Man. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-86914-115-8.

References
  1. Facts and reports. Holland Committee on Southern Africa. 1987. p. 65.
  2. Michael Worsnip (2011). "A moral imperative". The Witness. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  3. In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa: The Case of Ethembalethu. World Bank Publications. 2008. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-8213-7374-3. Retrieved 27 September 2013.


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