From the Gospel : a manifesto for our times

Abstract

Upon hearing the news of Desmond Tutu’s passing last Boxing Day, I returned to his book No Future Without Forgiveness. I wanted to bask once again in the contagious goodness of this formidable prophet of our times. The book is an inspiring autobiographical account of the years Tutu spent on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Some passages are heart-wrenching, especially those that describe in graphic detail how the black South Africans were dehumanised during the apartheid. Other parts are deeply moving, such as where we read of the healing of wounds that the South African archbishop witnessed over the years.