Life of David Peter Faure, a Unitarian in South Africa
| Author: | Carter, George E. | |
| Year: | 2010 | |
| Pages: | 184 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1289-1 978-0-7734-1289-7 | |
| Price: | $159.95 + shipping | |
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This exploration of Faure’s life provides not only the history of an individual but also
information on the controversies in the political, spiritual, judicial and journalistic worlds which were shaping South Africa on the road to Union and apartheid.
information on the controversies in the political, spiritual, judicial and journalistic worlds which were shaping South Africa on the road to Union and apartheid.
Reviews
“Especially noteworthy is the chapter
on Faure and the Boer War. . . .
a readable and thoughtful narrative.”
-Prof. David M. Dean
Frostburg State University
"Professor Carter’s exploration of Faure’s life adds a valuable chapter to the saga of South Africa. Because of his religious career and of the varied leading positions which he held Faure was almost a unique figure in the late nineteenth century Cape. We learn through his activities of the controversies in the political, spiritual, judicial and journalistic worlds which were shaping a South Africa on the road to Union."
Roger Boulter
British Council Officer, Dublin, Ireland
“. . . a lense through which readers may focus and understand a complicated, tumultuous and fascinating period in South African history. . .”
-Prof. Donovan Russell
Cornell University
-Prof. David M. Dean
Frostburg State University
"Professor Carter’s exploration of Faure’s life adds a valuable chapter to the saga of South Africa. Because of his religious career and of the varied leading positions which he held Faure was almost a unique figure in the late nineteenth century Cape. We learn through his activities of the controversies in the political, spiritual, judicial and journalistic worlds which were shaping a South Africa on the road to Union."
Roger Boulter
British Council Officer, Dublin, Ireland
“. . . a lense through which readers may focus and understand a complicated, tumultuous and fascinating period in South African history. . .”
-Prof. Donovan Russell
Cornell University
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One – Early Years – Education – Ministry
Chapter Two – Birth of a New Church
Chapter Three – Diversions
Chapter Four – Court Interpreter
Chapter Five – Journalist
Chapter Six – Interpreter for Lord Derby, 1883-1884
Chapter Seven – The Anglo Boer War
Chapter Eight – More War Clouds – Retrospect and Conclusions
Bibliography
Archives
Secondary Sources
Index
Names
Subject
Chapter One – Early Years – Education – Ministry
Chapter Two – Birth of a New Church
Chapter Three – Diversions
Chapter Four – Court Interpreter
Chapter Five – Journalist
Chapter Six – Interpreter for Lord Derby, 1883-1884
Chapter Seven – The Anglo Boer War
Chapter Eight – More War Clouds – Retrospect and Conclusions
Bibliography
Archives
Secondary Sources
Index
Names
Subject
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