:Michael Worsnip

{{short description|South African theologian}}

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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.{{cite book|title=Facts and reports|year=1987|publisher=Holland Committee on Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbjAAAAMAAJ&q=Michael+Worsnip|page=65}}

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,{{Cite web|url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=62298|title=A moral imperative |accessdate=2013-09-27|year=2011|author=Michael Worsnip|work=The Witness}} he has previously been involved in Land and Housing in South Africa.{{cite book|title=In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa: The Case of Ethembalethu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGDTenzRe6MC&pg=PR7|accessdate=27 September 2013|year=2008|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=978-0-8213-7374-3|pages=7–}}

Publications

Worsnip's publications include:

  • {{cite book|author1=|title=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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmNCcgAACAAJ|year=1985|publisher=University of Manchester}}
  • {{cite book|author=|title=South Africa's National Security State and the Churches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eerSPQAACAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Federal Theological Seminary}}
  • {{cite book|author=|title=Between the two fires: the Anglican Church and apartheid : 1948-1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-gbAAAAIAAJ|date=1991|publisher=University of Natal Press |isbn=978-0-86980-795-8}}
  • {{cite book|author1=|title=We shall overcome: a spirituality of liberation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayAmAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Cluster Publications|isbn=978-0-9583141-2-1}} with Desmond van der Water.
  • {{cite book|author=|title=Priest and Partisan: A South African Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OybPPiiiOaIC|year=1996|publisher=Ocean Press|isbn=978-1-875284-96-2}}
  • {{cite book|author=|title=Low Intensity Conflict and the South African Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufgMAAAAYAAJ|date=1989|publisher=IDASA}}
  • {{cite book|author=|title=Remittance Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0h0gAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=University of KwaZulu-Natal Press|isbn=978-1-86914-115-8}}

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