The remarkable Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and Nobel Laureate died in the closing days of 2021. He helped galvanize South Africa's improbably peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy. He was a leader in the religious drama that transfigured South African Christianity. And he continued to engage conflict well into his retirement, in his own country and in the global Anglican communion. Krista explored all of these things with him in this warm, soaring 2010 conversation — and how Desmond Tutu's understanding of God and humanity unfolded through the history he helped to shape.
Desmond Tutu was an Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He wrote numerous books for adults and children — including The Rainbow People of God, No Future Without Forgiveness, Made for Goodness and, together with his good friend the Dalai Lama, The Book of Joy.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.
This show originally aired in April, 2010.
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[Unedited] Bryan Doerries with Krista Tippett
Serene Jones — Grace in a Fractured World
[Unedited] Serene Jones with Krista Tippett
Michael Longley — The Vitality of Ordinary Things
[Unedited] Michael Longley with Krista Tippett
[Unedited] Christine Runyan with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Naomi Shihab Nye with Krista Tippett
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[Extended] Ariel Burger with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett
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