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Product Identifiers

PublisherDoubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100385496893

ISBN-139780385496896

eBay Product ID (ePID)373012

Product Key Features

Book TitleNo Future Without Forgiveness

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicReligious, Interpersonal Relations, Religion, Politics & State, World / African

GenreReligion, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorDesmond Tutu

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.9 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width2.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-034451

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us... In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future." --Nelson Mandela From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Decimal968.06/5

Synopsis"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us...In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future." --Nelson Mandela The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on the profound wisdom he has gained by helping usher South Africa through this painful experience. InNo Future Without Forgiveness, Tutu argues that true reconciliation cannot be achieved by denying the past. But nor is it easy to reconcile when a nation "looks the beast in the eye." Rather than repeat platitudes about forgiveness, he presents a bold spirituality that recognizes the horrors people can inflict upon one another, and yet retains a sense of idealism about reconciliation. With a clarity of pitch born out of decades of experience, Tutu shows readers how to move forward with honesty and compassion to build a newer and more humane world.

LC Classification NumberBR1450.T88 1999