| Description |
167 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Preface (starting p. 1) / Oliver Tambo -- Foreword (starting p. 3) / Nelson Mandela -- Introduction (starting p. 5) / Trevor Huddleston -- Ch. 1 "The Boers didn't win" (starting p. 7) -- Ch. 2 The violence of the gospel (starting p. 33) -- Ch. 3 Lesotho (starting p. 54) -- Ch. 4 Here we go again? (starting p. 84) -- Ch. 5 Neutrality or co-option? (starting p. 103) -- Ch. 6 Healing and belonging (starting p. 131) -- Ch. 7 "We are the treasure" (starting p. 141) -- List of abbreviations (starting p. 164) -- Index (starting p. 165) |
| Summary |
"In April 1990, Father Michael Lapsley SSM was the target of a letter bomb from South Africa, losing both hands and an eye." "Priest and partisan describes how a deeply religious man grappled with his commitment to pacifism and his church in the face of what he came to recognize as one of the greatest crimes against humanity - the apartheid system. Lapsley's membership of the African National Congress often put him into conflict with the church hierarchy." "The book presents the events and experiences that converted Michael Lapsley, an Anglican (Episcopalian) priest, into a freedom fighter in his adopted homeland of South Africa and then how, as one more victim of apartheid's terror, he became a healer and a voice for reconciliation in the post-apartheid era."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Apartheid - South Africa - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Lapsley, Michael, 1949- |
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Society of the Sacred Mission - Biography |
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South Africa - Politics and government - 20th century |
| Notes |
"Foreword by Nelson Mandela" -- Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lapsley, Michael.
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African National Congress -- Biography.
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Church of the Province of Southern Africa -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Society of the Sacred Mission -- Biography.
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Apartheid -- South Africa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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Civil rights workers -- South Africa -- Biography.
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Church of the Province of Southern Africa
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Victims of terrorism -- South Africa -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Southern -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003009625
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
96184932 |
| ISBN |
1875284966 |
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