Editing Afrikaner Calvinism (section)

==Radical changes==
The reversal of apartheid has cast the [[Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk]] (NGK) into a period of change. While remaining confessionally Calvinist, the religious character of the church is now less cohesive and more difficult to assess. Having been thoroughly conflated with apartheid, historic Calvinism appears to have fallen out of favour. [[Liberation theology]], which attempts to reconcile [[Christianity]] with the [[Marxist]] doctrine of [[class struggle]], has gained a foothold in some quarters, and appears to have advocates on both the left and right ends of the political spectrum.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} American-style evangelicalism and [[Arminianism]] also appear to have made inroads, which with its more individualistic emphasis has less potential for a full-scale civil religion. Certainly the old synthesis of revealed and [[natural theology]] is largely repudiated; officially at least. But, the folk religion of the Afrikaners is not dead. Some scholars are attempting to draw lines of distinction between Calvinism ''per se'', the history of the Afrikaners, and the civil religion of the apartheid regime in particular.

In 1985, 92% of [[Afrikaners]] were members of Reformed Churches. By late 2013, this figure had dropped to 40%, while actual weekly church attendance of Reformed Churches is estimated to be around 25%.{{sfn|Oosthuizen|2014}}