Beyond a �Political Priest�: Exploring Desmond Tutu as a �Freedom-Fighter Mystic�

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dc.contributor.authorNadar, Sarojini
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T10:05:07Z
dc.date.available2022-12-05T10:05:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this essay is to critically review the remarkably unique account of Desmond Tutu�s life presented by Michael Battle in his book �Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa�s Confessor.� The central contention of this essay is that Michael Battle shifts the paradigm of biographical research about Desmond Tutu beyond the popular trope of �political priest� to that of �freedom fighter-mystic.� Through a careful filtering of Tutu�s life via the three stages of mysticism � purgation, illumination and union, Battle makes a convincing case that Tutu�s political actions for justice were not in spite of his deep spirituality, but because of it. This ethnographic spiritual biography troubles the binaries between the sacred and the secular, between spiritual contemplation and social action, and between God�s justice and social justice, thereby inviting readers to the warm embrace of a more authentic spirituality.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarojini Nadar (2021) Beyond a �Political Priest�: Exploring Desmond Tutu as a �Freedom-Fighter Mystic�, Black Theology, 19:3, 268-275, DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2021.1997167en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1080/14769948.2021.1997167
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/8179
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBlack Theology An International Journalen_US
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_US
dc.subjectBiographyen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectMysticismen_US
dc.titleBeyond a �Political Priest�: Exploring Desmond Tutu as a �Freedom-Fighter Mystic�en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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