I Have Come A Long Way - 9781498293112

If my life and experience is of some interest, it is chiefly so because I have lived through interesting times, in an interesting country, traveled to many interesting places, and been accompanied along the way by interesting folk. John de Gruchy is a renowned South African theologian and an inspiration to many. An expert on the work of the anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, De Gruchy is also a local struggle icon in his own right. In this book, we trace his story from his Viking ancestry, via a seafaring grandfather and illegitimate grandmother, to where he became an ecumenical activist for the South African Council of Churches and up to the present. We journey through a South Africa in transition and a rapidly changing global society. Along the way we meet varied, often controversial people, like Albert Luthuli, Jaap Durand, P.W. Botha and Constand Viljoen. With a foreword by his friend Desmond Tutu, this is the tale of an extraordinary life lived to the full.

• | Author: John W. de Gruchy, Desmond Tutu
• | Publisher: Cascade Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 18, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 316 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1498293115
• | ISBN-13: 9781498293112