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The first biography of its kind about Desmond Tutu, this book introduces
readers to Tutu's spiritual life and examines how it shaped his commitment to
restorative justice and reconciliation.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&#8217slife&#8212reeiving the Nobel Peace Prize in
1984, serving as the first black archbishop of Cape Town and primate of
Southern Africa from 1986&#8211196, and chairing the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission from 1995&#8211198&#8212reognize him as a
charismatic political and religious leader who helped facilitate the liberation of
oppressed peoples from the ravages of colonialism. But the inner landscape of
Tutu&#8217sspirituality, the mystical grounding that spurred his outward
accomplishments, often goes unseen.Rather than recount his entire life story,
this book explores Tutu&#8217sspiritual life and contemplative
practices&#8212paticularly Tutu&#8217sunderstanding of Ubuntu theology,
which emphasizes finding one&#8217sidentity in community&#8212an traces
the powerful role they played in subverting the theological and spiritual
underpinnings of apartheid. Michael Battle&#8217spersonal relationship with
Tutu grants readers an inside view of how Tutu&#8217sspiritual agency cast a
vision that both upheld the demands of justice and created space to
synthesize the stark differences of a diverse society. Battle also suggests that
North Americans have much to learn from Tutu&#8217sleadership model as
they confront religious and political polarization in their own context.

Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South
Africa's Confessor
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The first biography of its kind about Desmond Tutu, this book introduces
readers to Tutu's spiritual life and examines how it shaped his
commitment to restorative justice and reconciliation.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&#8217slife&#8212reeiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, serving as
the first black archbishop of Cape Town and primate of Southern Africa
from 1986&#8211196, and chairing the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission from 1995&#8211198&#8212reognize him as a charismatic
political and religious leader who helped facilitate the liberation of
oppressed peoples from the ravages of colonialism. But the inner
landscape of Tutu&#8217sspirituality, the mystical grounding that
spurred his outward accomplishments, often goes unseen.Rather than
recount his entire life story, this book explores Tutu&#8217sspiritual life
and contemplative practices&#8212paticularly
Tutu&#8217sunderstanding of Ubuntu theology, which emphasizes
finding one&#8217sidentity in community&#8212an traces the powerful
role they played in subverting the theological and spiritual
underpinnings of apartheid. Michael Battle&#8217spersonal relationship
with Tutu grants readers an inside view of how Tutu&#8217sspiritual
agency cast a vision that both upheld the demands of justice and created
space to synthesize the stark differences of a diverse society. Battle also
suggests that North Americans have much to learn from
Tutu&#8217sleadership model as they confront religious and political
polarization in their own context.