London: Rider, 1999. A Fine copy with near Fine coloured photographic dustjacket which is complete and has just a little creasing to top. Archbishop Tutu's very personal memoir of chairing South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission a task which became as much a spiritual as a judicial undertaking. Describing what it was like to hear daily accounts of atrocity and the extraordinary scenes of forgiveness, he explains how the Commission was able to reach the truth when the judicial process was unable to. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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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.In No 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Goldring Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002253
Title: No Future Without Forgiveness
Author: Tutu, Desmond
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0712670130
ISBN 13: 9780712670135
Publisher: Rider
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1999
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: APARTHEID, SOUTH AFRICA, TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Bookseller catalogs: True Crime / Trials;

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