Allan Boesak

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Christian theologian South African politician anti-apartheid activist author clergyman human theologian

Allan Boesak is a South African anti-apartheid activist, theologian, and politician who played a prominent role in the struggle against apartheid and in post-apartheid public life.

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Label	Occurrences
Allan Boesak canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theologian ⓘ South African politician ⓘ anti-apartheid activist ⓘ author ⓘ clergyman ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ
activism	campaigning for economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of Luthuli ⓘ surface form: Order of the Luthuli in Silver Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	South Africa ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1946-02-23 ⓘ
denomination	Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa ⓘ
educatedAt	Protestant Theological University, Kampen (Netherlands) ⓘ Theological Seminary of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ University of the Western Cape ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Coloured South African ⓘ surface form: Coloureds in South Africa
familyName	Boesak ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Black liberation theology ⓘ surface form: Black theology liberation theology ⓘ theology ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Allan ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	ethics ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
knownFor	calling apartheid a heresy at the World Alliance of Reformed Churches ⓘ
languageSpoken	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
movement	anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
name	Allan Boesak self-link ⓘ
notableFor	opposition to apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
notableWork	Black and Reformed: Apartheid, Liberation, and the Calvinist Tradition ⓘ Farewell to Innocence: A Socio-Ethical Study on Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ
occupation	pastor ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Duke’s Estate, Kuils River, Cape Province, Union of South Africa ⓘ
politicalParty	African National Congress ⓘ Christian Democratic Party (South Africa) ⓘ Congress of the People (COPE) ⓘ
positionHeld	Western Cape provincial politician ⓘ leader in the Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ member of the African National Congress ⓘ president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Western Cape ⓘ surface form: Western Cape, South Africa
spouse	Dorothea Boesak ⓘ Elna Botha ⓘ

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Subject: Allan Boesak
Description of subject: Allan Boesak is a South African anti-apartheid activist, theologian, and politician who played a prominent role in the struggle against apartheid and in post-apartheid public life.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Democratic Front → notableLeader → Allan Boesak ⓘ

Pollsmoor Prison → notableInmate → Allan Boesak ⓘ

Allan Boesak → name → Allan Boesak self-link ⓘ