Legacies of transformational leadership: A critical analysis of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s social agency role in a time of new Kairos challenges

Abstract

In 1985/6, the Kairos Documents emerged from the anti-apartheid struggle as a devastating critique of an evil political ideology called ‘apartheid’ and the serious challenges it presented to the church and society. Although the Kairos Documents and subsequent formulation of other kairos documents were not the specific focus of this study, these were used as a backdrop to show the impact a strong prophetic witness of word and deed can have on a country in crisis and in desperate need for change.