Desmond Tutu

Mpho A. Tutu

The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu, offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness.

The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World

The Book of Forgiving

"As Archbishop of Cape Town at the height of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Desmond Tutu saw many shocking and violent incidents. Later, as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as well as a leading peace negotiator in many troubled parts of the world, he heard many appalling stories of man s inhumanity to man. Yet he still has a firm conviction that we are 'made by goodness for goodness'. Another way of putting this is- the essential truth about all of us is that we are made in the image and likeness of God. utu explains that, though we sometimes act out of depravity and despair, we do know in our heart of hearts that we are not as we were meant to be, and were created to be so much more. The truth of human goodness can get hidden under the fear that we cannot live up to its demands, or it can get buried under faults or failures, or it can just get forgotten. n this thoughtful and important book, the Archbishop (with his daughter, Mpho Tutu) shows how we can find our way back to goodness by changing our attitudes, by practising forgiveness, and by prayer. Then we will begin to see the goodness and beauty of others How we see changes how we act and h

And why this Makes All the Difference

Made for Goodness

In this thoughtful and important work, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with his daughter, Mpho Tutu, shows how we can find our way back to goodness by changing our attitudes, by practising forgiveness, and by prayer.

Mpho A. Tutu

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