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The Religious Affiliation of Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Frederik de Klerk

Frederik de Klerk received the Nobel Prize.

Frederik de Klerk is a Christian. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

From: P.J. Duignan," Towards South African Democracy" in Orbis; Fall 1991, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p483, posted on Andrew Schneider's webpage "South Africa: Contested Traditions", 2007 (http://cgi.stanford.edu/~class-history48q/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.AndrewSchneider2007; viewed 19 April 2007):
De Klerk is a lawyer with a strong sense of justice; he is religious -- a member of a liberal wing of the Dutch Reformed church, which rejected the theories of Biblical justification for apartheid.

For further reference, read about Frederik de Klerk's belief in God in Part III: Chapter 43 of Tihomir Dimitrov's book 50 Nobel Laureates and Other Great Scientists Who Believe in God (2007), (http://nobelists.net/; viewed 19 April 2007).

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