The spiritual Mandela : faith and religion in the life of Nelson Mandela / Dennis Cruywagen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruywagen, Dennis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.

Political and social views.

Politics and government.

Religion.

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Religion.

Mandela, Nelson.

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Political and social views.

South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

South Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 224 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First US Edition.

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Imagine, 2018.

Summary:

In the first book of its kind, an acclaimed South African journalist and former parliamentary spokesperson for the ANC shares how Nelson Mandela balanced his Christian faith with his political views, exploring how the beloved leader reconciled his own beliefs with the hard truth that religion had often been used as a tool to oppress his people.

Cruywagen traces the spiritual component of Nelson Mandela's life, from his youth in a traditional Thembu village to his education at Wesleyan and Methodist mission schools to his time as an activist to his period on Robben Island and the years thereafter. He traces the ways in which Mandela balanced Christianity with tradition Africian beliefs and with his political views. -- adapted from jacket.

Contents:

Spiritual origins

A Methodist education

The runaway

Politics, before anything else

Taking up arms

An imprisonment of the spirit

The sacrament behind bars

Confessions of faith

A transcendental leader

Last rites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.

ISBN:

9781623545307

1623545307

9781632892218

1632892219

OCLC:

1031052585

Publisher Number:

99979273927