Deze Zuid-Afrikaanse geestelijke en activist werd wereldwijd bekend als een fel tegenstander van apartheid. Zijn geschriften, samengesteld uit zijn toespraken en uitspraken, tonen een diepe toewijding aan mensenrechten. Hij gebruikt zijn invloedrijke stem om op te komen voor de onderdrukten en strijdt actief tegen aids, homofobie, armoede en racisme. Zijn literaire werk wordt gekenmerkt door een gepassioneerde verdediging van rechtvaardigheid en een voortdurende oproep tot een eerlijkere wereld.
de geschiedenis van onze bittere strijd tegen discriminatie in Zuid-Afrika
Bloemlezing van brieven, toespraken en preken van de Zuidafrikaanse aartsbisschop, fel bestrijder van de Apartheid.
Uitspraken en inspiratie van Mahatma Gandhi - Met een voorwoord van Aartsbisschop Desmond Tutu
'I want to wish all of you joy-because there is no better gift. Two spiritual masters, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, share their wisdom in this uplifting book. I promise you, it's the best $26 you can spend.' Oprah Winfrey Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships - or, as they would say, because of them - they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create this book as a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering? They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices. By the end of a week filled with laughter and punctuated with tears, these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our times and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy. This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.
Joy is the warm tingly feeling of the sun tickling your toes in the morning.It's the giggly, squiggly feeling when you are doing something silly.Even when you wake to the rain and your joy is washed away, it's waiting at the bottom of the puddle.This is the story of two the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Once two lonely boys on opposite sides of the world, they grew up to discover the joy in everyday life and spread their joy with the people around them.Their message for every child is that joy is never far away. Even in hard times, joy never truly disappears. And when we share our joy with others, it grows inside us.This picture book adaptation of the international bestseller, The Book of Joy , is full of the humour, friendship, and deep affection between two spiritual leaders. In challenging times, it is a timely reminder that joy is all around us, if only we know where to look.Vibrantly illustrated by award-winning Rafael López, this is the perfect book to reassure and inspire young readers everywhere.
Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s childhood in South Africa, Desmond and the Very Mean Word reveals the power of words and the secret of forgiveness.When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride through his neighborhood, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when a group of boys shout a very mean word at him. He first responds by shouting an insult, but soon discovers that fighting back with mean words doesn’t make him feel any better. With the help of kindly Father Trevor, Desmond comes to understand his conflicted feelings and see that all people deserve compassion, whether or not they say they are sorry. Brought to vivid life in A. G. Ford’s energetic illustrations, this heartfelt, relatable story conveys timeless wisdom about how to handle bullying and angry feelings, while seeing the good in everyone.
Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011. In recognition of this milestone, powerHouse Books presents Dignity, a collection of photographs by Dana Gluckstein that celebrates the lives and cultures of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. This lavishly printed hardcover is filled with beautiful and inspiring images of this under-documented segment of the globe's population. Photographed over 25 years, this is a luscious yet urgent plea for indigenous people.
100 Places to Go Before They Disappear not only describes stunning locations in danger of disappearance, but also challenges the reader to take action in defence of these vital places on Earth.
Desmond Tutu, nositel Nobelovy ceny míru, dostává opakovaně tytéž otázky: „Jak to, že jste si uchoval naději, i když jste viděl tolik zla? Jak si můžete být tak jistý, že dobro nakonec zvítězí?“ Tato kniha je odpovědí. Jsme stvořeni pro dobro a je na nás, zda svůj osud naplníme.
Zwei weise Männer, eine Botschaft Sie sind zwei der bedeutendsten Leitfiguren unserer Zeit: Seine Heiligkeit der Dalai Lama und Erzbischof Desmond Tutu. Obwohl ihr Leben von vielen Widrigkeiten und Gefahren geprägt war, strahlen sie eine Freude aus, die durch nichts zu erschüttern ist. Im Buch der Freude vereinen die „Brüder im Geiste“ ihre immense Lebenserfahrung und die Weisheit ihrer Weltreligionen zu einer gemeinsamen zentralen Erkenntnis: Nur tief empfundene Freude kann sowohl das Leben des Einzelnen als auch das globale Geschehen spürbar zum Positiven wandeln. Unabhängig von allen Herausforderungen und Krisen, mit denen wir täglich konfrontiert werden, können wir diese Energie in uns entfalten und weitergeben. So wird die Freude zur Triebkraft, die unserem Dasein mehr Liebe und Sinn verleiht – und zugleich Hoffnung und Frieden in unsere unsichere Welt bringt.
