Author:
Cruywagen, Dennis, author.
Edition Statement:First US Edition.
ImprintWatertown, MA : Imagine, 2018.
Descriptionx, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Originally published in 2016 by Penguin Random Huse, Cape Town.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index.
Note:"Nelson Mandela revealed nothing about his personal religious beliefs in his writings or in his public pronouncements. But those who were close to him know that he held Christian views, and, at his request, the final part of his funeral followed the Methodist service. This book traces the spiritual aspect of 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, his period on Robben Island and the years thereafter. It explores the way that he balanced Christianity with traditional African beliefs, and with his political views, and how he reconciled his own beliefs with the fact that religion had often been used as a tool to oppress his people. Based on interviews with some of Mandela's close colleagues, such as Ahmed Kathrada, as well as priests and other religious figures with whom he interacted, this book unearths an unknown dimension of recent history's most famous man."--Publisher description.
