Reconciliation was seen to lie at the edge of two parallel truths justice and forgiveness truth and reconciliation. In responding to the second criticisms, the theology is deepened through an examination of Miroslav Volf‟s, Exclusion and Embrace, John de Gruchy‟s, Reconciliation: Restoring Justice, the Kairos Document and the Belhar Confession. In responding to the first criticism, the study undertakes a detailed analysis of three key areas of enmity, namely, the ethnic conflicts between the Shona and Ndebele, the racial conflicts between white and black centered on land, and the political conflicts between ZANU-PF and civil society and the MDC. Two criticisms of the NVDD are advanced, namely, the lack for a critical social analysis, and a weak theological reflection. The analysis of the social context in which the NVDD was written sets the tone for this study, and provides the basis for discussing and constructing a deeper theology of reconciliation in Zimbabwe.
The study focuses on the National Vision Discussion Document (NVDD) from Zimbabwe, and is a reflection of the need for, and the churches‟ approach to, reconciliation in Zimbabwe.
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