: Religion, Justice, and Reconciliation Summer 2016 (4 weeks / 3 credits) Boston College THEO 122601 Professor Stephen Pope

Required readings • Foster, D. (2012). After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Liveright Publishing. • Mandela, N. (1994). Long Walk to Freedom. New York: Back Bay Books. • Marais, H. (2011). South Africa Pushed to the Limit: The Political Economy of Change. Zed Books. • Mathabane, M. (1998) Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography—The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in South Africa. New York: Touchstone • Ossendryver, I. (2011) South Africa During the Apartheid Era: Short Stories and Images. • Tutu, D. (2000). No Future without Forgiveness. New York: Doubeday. • Warren, M (2012). In the Name of God: Defending Apartheid. Warren.

Course requirements: Daily journal and reflection pieces; Class participation; 20-page paper

Videos: • Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002). • Cry Freedom (1987). • Long Night’s Journey into Day (2000). • Where Truth Lies (1999).

Daily format: 9am-1pm Formal classroom work; 1-2pm lunch; 2:30-5pm Excursion; group dinner

Week 1: University of Pretoria: Apartheid and its legacy PM: Meet Christians who opposed apartheid; Kairos Monday: Context document AM: Brief history and country overview PM: Trip to Voorterekker Monument to Afrikaner Friday: South Africa and American foreign policy emigrants in 1830s and 1840s AM: lecture by professor from Pretoria PM: visit US Embassy in Pretoria. View film “Have Tuesday: Religious perspectives on apartheid You Heard from Johannesburg? Seven stories of the AM: Apartheid: Afrikaner perspectives global anti-apartheid movement” PM: Afrikaner church/community visit Saturday: Wednesday: Armed resistance AM: Early travel to Kruger National Park (3hrs) AM: Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg PM: safari PM: Tour/lecture on Nelson Mandela, Oliver Sunday: Tambo, and the ANC AM/PM: Safaris Thursday: Resistance and the churches Optional religious service AM: Visit pastor from anti-apartheid movement

Week 2: University of Pretoria: Contemporary challenges Monday: Thursday: Gender, justice and religion AM: early morning safari AM: Lecture by professor at Pretoria PM: travel back to Pretoria PM: excursion to women’s co-op in Pretoria Tuesday: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Friday: Refugees, migrants, and xenophobia AM: Lecture by Piet Meiring (member of the TRC) AM: Crisis of forced migration in southern Africa, PM: Discussion with Professor James A. Ogude, U of lecture by professor at U of P Pretoria, on ubuntu PM: Visit Catholic Relief Services and Jesuit Urban Center in Johannesburg Wednesday: Responsible tourism as a catalyst for economic empowerment Saturday: Travel to AM: Lecture on responsible tourism, University of Sunday: Pretoria AM: Optional church service in PM: Soweto Bicycle Tour (approved by Fair Trade in (township) Tourism South Africa) PM: Hike

Week 3: : Religion: Problem or solution? Monday: Apartheid, resistance, and transition Thursday: Islam in South Africa AM: Lecture by Prof. Charles Villa-Vicenzio, senior AM: Lecture by professor from UCT research fellow, Center for Transitional Justice, UCT PM: Excursion to mosque and dialogue with imam PM: Visit District 6 Museum, National Historic Site Dinner at Bo Kaap (Indonesian restaurant) Tuesday: Forgiveness, trauma, and healing Friday: HIV/AIDS in South Africa AM: Lecture by Prof. Pumla Gobodo-Madkikizela, Morning: Lecture by Professor from UCT author and former member of TRC AM: Visit the Ubuntu Clinic in and the PM: Excursion and tour of Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Wednesday: Justice, public policy, and the Catholic Saturday: Church in South Africa Morning: (open air market) AM: Lecture from Fr. Peter John Pearson, Advisor to AM: / , Simons South African Bishops on matters of social policy Town, , PM: Visit Desmond Tutu Peace Center and Center for Transitional Justice at UCT Sunday: Optional religious service in the morning AM: Mountain walk at Ou Kaapse Weg

Week 4: University of Cape Town: Signs of hope Monday: Commitment to compassion Thursday: Economic justice and empowerment AM: Lecture on peace-making in South Africa AM: Excursion to the Solms Delta Wine Estate, talk PM: Visit Amy Biehl Foundation in Cape Town with Prof. Mark Solms Tuesday: Political violence, personal forgiveness, Friday: Conclusion and peacemaking AM: Open class discussion, key insights, remaining AM: Visit with Ginn Fourie & Letlapa Mphahlele of questions the Lyndi Fourie Foundation PM: Visit Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens Wednesday: Community organizations building justice and peace AM: Visit organizations in Cape Town