Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
South African journalist John Allen movingly captures Desmond Tutu’s life in a commanding story that sheds light on the struggles and triumphs leading up to Tutu’s Nobel Prize for his leadership in the resistance against apartheid in South Africa.
To be a rabble-rouser for peace may seem to be a contradiction in terms. And yet it is the perfect description for Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate and spiritual father of a democratic South Africa. Tutu understood that justice—a genuine regard for human rights—is the only real foundation for peace. So, he stirred up trouble: courageously engaging in heated face-to-face confrontations with South Africa's leaders; he stirred up trouble in the streets, leading peaceful demonstrations amid the barely controlled fury of police battalions; he stirred up trouble on the world stage, seeking international disinvestment in the apartheid economy. Tutu has led one of the great lives of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and to read his story in full is to be reminded of the power of one inspired man to change history. In this authorized biography, written by John Allen, a distinguished journalist and longtime associate of Tutu, we are witnesses to courage, stirring oratory, and a demonstration of the power of faith to transform the seemingly intransigent. Through the author's personal experiences, total access to the Tutu family and their papers, and considerable research, including the use of new archival material, Allen tells the story of a barefoot schoolboy from a deprived black township who became an international symbol of the democratic spirit and of religious faith. |
Contents
Prologue
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1 |
Child of Modern South Africa
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9 |
Praise Poem to God
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27 |
A Sense of Worth
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41 |
Obvious Gifts of Leadership
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55 |
A Breath of Fresh Air
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79 |
Campus Parents
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101 |
Transformation
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123 |
Interim Leader
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283 |
RollerCoaster Ride
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315 |
A Proper Confrontation
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341 |
International Icon
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371 |
Epilogue
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391 |
Glossary
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397 |
Notes
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