Ubuntu
New book explores how Desmond Tutu’s Christian mysticism helped unite a nation
By Yonat Shimron — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — In his new book, ‘Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor,’ Michael Battle delves into the ways Tutu’s religious formation shaped a vision that helped topple apartheid and unite a riven nation.
How Tutu’s spirituality incorporated Christian mysticism with the African notion of interdependency
By Michael Battle — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — Tutu’s worldview of Christian mysticism counteracts the system of apartheid. His Ubuntu incorporates the African Bantu perspective of personhood with a mystical image of God’s diversity in unity.
Speculation about Mandela’s fate seen as cultural taboo
By Zaheer Cassim — June 17, 2013
(RNS) In the South African culture, grave illness is believed to be a private matter between the dying and their families.
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