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Cheap grace in South Africa
Eve Fairbanks traces the experiences of three South Africans to diagnose the country’s unrealized promises.
Tutu the mystic
Michael Battle’s biography focuses on the archbishop’s religious moorings.
Desmond Tutu’s transformative vision
He thrived on the process of endearing himself to all who hope for better days.
I knew Jannie Swart's witness would have a lasting impact on our seminary. I didn't anticipate how it would challenge me in the classroom.
Using powerful stories, Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu equip us to address deep questions about forgiveness, wholeness, and new life.
reviewed by Arianne Braithwaite Lehn
The story of John de Gruchy’s grief for his eldest son is wrenching. Yet he also wants to offer an account of Christian hope that has both biblical and scientific integrity.
reviewed by Charles Scriven
After describing encounters with the oppressed in South Africa and Honduras, Nicholas Wolterstorff offers a carefully honed analysis of justice within a Christian framework.
reviewed by Ian Markham
Why is theological education necessary? What are the conditions of its fruitfulness? Such questions are both basic and perplexing.
In religious terms, the emerging South Africa looks at once thoroughly African and surprisingly European.
In the long struggle for freedom in South Africa, parts of the church played a major role, even as other parts colluded with the apartheid regime. Few actions in that struggle were more important than the Belhar Confession.
reviewed by Walter Brueggemann