Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography Of South Africa'S Confessor (Battle, Michael)
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Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography Of South Africa'S Confessor
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Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography Of South Africa's Confessor
Michael BattleLarge Paperback
The first biography of its kind about Desmond Tutu (with a foreword by the Dalai Lama and an afterword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu himself), this book introduces readers to Tutu���s spiritual life, his prayer life and his spiritual practices and examines how it shaped his commitment to restorative justice and reconciliation. It also shows how a living legend���s life can guide us during these times.
Desmond Tutu was a pivotal leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and remains a beloved and important emblem of peace and justice around the world. Even those who do not know the major events of Tutu���s life�� dce Prize in 1984, serving as the first black archbishop of Cape Town and primate of Southern Africa from 1986���1996, and chairing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1995���1998���recognize him as a charismatic political and religious leader who helped lay the foundations for a country ravaged by dehumanizing policies and practices by those who called themselves ���Christian���. This book shows how the inner landscape of Tutu���s spirituality, the mystical grounding that spurred his outward accomplishments, often goes unseen.
Rather than recount his entire life story, this book explores Tutu���s spiritual life and contemplative practices���particularly Tutu���s understanding of Ubuntu theology, which emphasizes finding one���s identity and wholeness in community���and traces the powerful role they played in subverting the theological and spiritual underpinnings of colonialism and apartheid. Michael Battle���s personal ritual agency cast a vision that both upheld the demands of justice and created a space of grace to synthesize the stark differences of a diverse society and help South Africans build a new community, new ���samehorigheid���, and ���Ubuntu���.
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