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Desmond Tutu's Message: A Qualitative Analysis

Name: Desmond Tutu's Message: A Qualitative Analysis
Author: Hendrik J. Pieterse
ISBN: 9789039005224

by Hendrik J. Pieterse

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The content analysis of Desmond Tutu's sermons and speeches provides new perspectives on prophetic preaching in a context of political crises. This publication yields a handful of practical theological insights for the communication of the gospel.

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The churches, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in the forefront, played a remarkable role in the liberation of South Africa. This book offers a scholarly analysis of a selection of Tutu's sermons, speeches and statements over a period of fifteen years. The structure of argumentation in his sermons and speeches is explained, the striking dialogical style of communication of his prophetic preaching is displayed, and his success in motivating oppressed people to keep on hoping and to act in a peaceful way for liberation is discussed. Tutu has shown, by preaching in a prophetic mode during the dark days of apartheid, that the Christian religion is, indeed, a major motivational force for liberation. This analysis yields a handful of practical theological insights for the communication of the gospel.

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To further understanding of the praxis of liberation theology, six analyses examine South African Archbishop Tutu's sermons and public speeches in his role in the country's transition from apartheid to democracy. Pieterse (practical theology, U. of South Africa- Unisa) provides context on Tutu and apartheid, noting that summaries appear in these papers since he could not obtain permission to reprint Tutu's words in full. Contributors study Tutu's prophetic preaching, his communication style, "experience of discrepancy" in his motivating nonviolent message, and the hermeneutics of liberation theology. Appends methodological notes, and key word and theme frequency tables. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)