The spiritual Mandela
Subtitle: faith and religion in the life of Nelson Mandela
By: Dennis Cruywagen
Edition: First US Edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781623545307; 9781632892218
Subjects: Politics and government; Religion; Political and social views
Description: "Acclaimed journalist Dennis Cruywagen traces the spiritual component of Mandela's life, from his youth in a traditional Thembu village to his education at Wesleyan and Methodist mission schools to his time as an activist to his period on Robben Island and the years thereafter. Based on interviews with some of Mandela's close colleagues, such as Ahmed Kathrada, as well as priests and other religious figures with whom he interacted, this book unearths an unknown dimension of one of recent history's most respected men."--Backcover.
Notes: Originally published: Cape Town, South Africa : Zebra Press, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Spiritual origins; title: A Methodist education; title: The runaway; title: Politics, before anything else; title: Taking up arms; title: An imprisonment of the spirit; title: The sacrament behind bars; title: Confessions of faith; title: A transcendental leader; title: Last rites.