Traces the life of the South African civil rights activist and describes his elecion as South Africa's first Black president[...]
This is the Archbishop's personal account of his experience as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission broadening the debate on the merits of reconciliation after conflict with observations, based on visits to, and experience of Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Dachau and Rwanda[...]
A paradigm-shifting blend of science, religion, and philosophy for agnostic, spiritual-but-not-religious, and scientifically minded readers
Many people are fed up with the way traditional religion alienates them: too easily it can perpetuate conflict, vilify science, and undermine reason. Nancy [...]
"Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu" is Michael Battle's highly original analysis of Bishop Tutu's theology of Ubuntu -- an African concept recognizing that persons and groups form their identities in relation to one another -- and the model it affords for facilitating interracial c[...]
Taiz?--the word is strangely familiar to many throughout the contemporary church. Familiar, perhaps, because the chanted prayers of Taiz? are well practiced in churches throughout the world. Strangely, however, because so little is known about Taiz?--from its historic beginnings to how the word itse[...]
What would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Cities including Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would experience severe flooding. The tea fields of Sri Lanka and the vineyards of France would suffer under heat and drought. Beijin[...]
In God's Hands is the 2015 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book. In this little gem of a book, Archbishop Desmond Tutu distils the wisdom forged through a childhood of poverty and apartheid, an adulthood lived in the glare of the world's media, and the long and agonising struggle for truth and recon[...]
"DIGNITY, "a collection of iconic photographs by Dana Gluckstein, honors Indigenous Peoples worldwide and celebrates the 50th Anniversary in 2011 of Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. With over ninety exquisite black-and-white portraits spanning three dec[...]
Gene Robinson is bishop of the tiny, rural Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, but he's at the center of a storm of controversy raging in the Episcopal Church and throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion involving homosexuality, the priesthood, and the future of the Communion. This book offers an[...]
Recognized as one of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid ever broadcast (NPR, BBC, CBC, SABC), " Mandela: An Audio History" tells the story of the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings. The series weaves together more than 50 first-person interviewswith an unprecede[...]
An extremely personal and liberating message of hope and light in dark times.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is no stranger to controversy. From racism and social injustice, to the threat of AIDS, the continuing crisis in the Middle East and the importance today of 'ubuntu' (the concept of shared humanity), the Archbishop expresses his views powerfully and honestly, showing how fait[...]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is no stranger to controversy. In 2009, he was awarded the highest civilian award in the United States, the Presidential Medal, by Barack Obama. This collection brings together some of the Archbishop's key speeches, sermons, lectures and exchanges given over the years, charti[...]
The first major book on the contemporary situation in Burma -- at a fascinating time of fast-moving change in the country.
For more than 50 years, Burma has been ruled by a succession of military regimes which rank among the most oppressive dictatorships in the world. Accused of crimes against [...]
I denne boken forteller Desmond Tutu 56 kjente og mindre kjente bibelhistorier. Med visdom og livserfaring minner han om at vi er Guds barn. Hver fortelling i boka har sin egen illustratør. Tutu har bedt kunstnere fra hele verden illustrere bibelfortellingene ut fra hver sin kulturelle arv.[...]
Denne bog er en samling af de bedste af Desmond Tutus taler, interviews, prædikener og breve gennem fire årtier. Teksterne afslører, hvorfor han fortjente Nobels Fredspris, og hvorfor han tiltrak sig verdenssamfundets opmærksomhed og vandt så mange menneskers hjerter. Tutus ord og vir[...]
Nobelpristager og sydafrikansk ærkebiskop Desmond Tutu genfortæller en perlerække af Bibelens kendte og mindre kendte historier om barmhjertighed, tvivl, angst, retfærdighed og kærlighed. Kunstnere fra hele verden har illustreret de 56 udvalgte historier og resultatet er en ?global? bog til bø[...]
Denne bog er en samling af de bedste af Desmond Tutus taler, interviews, prædikener og breve gennem fire årtier. Teksterne afslører, hvorfor han fortjente Nobels Fredspris, og hvorfor han tiltrak sig verdenssamfundets opmærksomhed og vandt så mange menneskers hjerter. Tutus ord og virke tændte[...]
I samma anda som Lycka! av Dalai Lama, presenterar nobelpristagaren Desmond Tutu ett mycket personligt och frigörande budskap.
Desmond Tutu har länge beundrats världen över för det mod och den kärlek han visade då han sporrade oräkneliga sydafrikaner i kampen för mänskliga rät[...]
We know all too well the cruelties, hurts, and hatreds that poison life on our planet. But my daughter and I have come together to write this book because we know that the catalogue of injuries that we can and do inflict on one another is not the whole story of humanity, not by a long measure. We ar[...]