I Have Come a Long Way
Author | : John W. de Gruchy |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2016-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781498293112 |
ISBN-13 | : 1498293115 |
Rating | : 4/5 (115 Downloads) |
Download or read book I Have Come a Long Way written by John W. de Gruchy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If my life and experience is of some interest, it is chiefly so because I have lived through interesting times, in an interesting country, traveled to many interesting places, and been accompanied along the way by interesting folk." John de Gruchy is a renowned South African theologian and an inspiration to many. An expert on the work of the anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, De Gruchy is also a local struggle icon in his own right. In this book, we trace his story from his Viking ancestry, via a seafaring grandfather and illegitimate grandmother, to where he became an ecumenical activist for the South African Council of Churches and up to the present. We journey through a South Africa in transition and a rapidly changing global society. Along the way we meet varied, often controversial people, like Albert Luthuli, Jaap Durand, P.W. Botha and Constand Viljoen. With a foreword by his friend Desmond Tutu, this is the tale of an extraordinary life lived to the full.