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As defined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.
The African spiritual principle of Ubuntu offers believers a new and radical way of reading the Gospel and understanding the heart of the Christian faith, and this new book explores the meaning and utility of Ubuntu as applied to Western philosophies, faith, and lifestyles.
Ubuntu is an African way of seeing self-identity formed -through community. This is a difficult worldview for many Western people, who understand self as over, against, or in competition with others. In the Western viewpoint, Ubuntu becomes something to avoid a kind of co-dependency. As a Christian leader who understands the need, intricacies, and delicate workings of global interdependency, Battle offers here both a refreshing worldview and a new perspective of self-identity for people across cultures, and of all faiths.
PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 291010
- Product Code 9781596271111
- ISBNÂ 1596271116
- EANÂ 9781596271111
- Pages 176
- Department General Books
- Category Christian Living
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Seabury Books
- Publication Date May 2009
- Sales Rank 72198
- Dimensions 206 x 137 x 10mm
- Weight 0.25kg
Michael Battle
MICHAEL BATTLE is a seminary administrator, professor (Associate Professor of Theology Virginia Theological Seminary, 2005-present), priest, writer, speaker and retreat leader. His ministry covers the globe and focuses on Christian non-violence, human spirituality, and African Church studies. He was an advisor to Bishop Desmond Tutu.Michael has written out of his studies and friendship with Desmond Tutu, including such books as Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, The Wisdom of Desmond Tutu, Blessed Are The Peacemakers: A Christian Spirituality of Nonviolence, is out now with Mercer University Press. This book wrestles with how Christian practices of nonviolence are often neglected, and makes explicit connections between Mahatma Gandhi and Christian spirituality.Recent books include a project co-written with Tony Campolo entitled: The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation, Practicing Reconciliation in a Violent World, and The Black Church in America: African American Spirituality.His forthcoming books will be Heaven on Earth (Cambridge, MA: Cowley) and Desmond Tutu: South African Confessor (Louisville: Westminster John Knox).
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