René August

René August is an activist, theologian and Anglican priest, she grew up under apartheid in the Mitchell's Plain coloured township in Cape Town. For René, theology is about finding a Jesus who is not some pet toy of western consumerism but the incarnated embodied Christ who was born into poverty, grew up under foreign occupation and lived a generous life of selfless compassion to all he met. René also speaks about growing up under apartheid, working with and being a friend of Archbishop Desmond Tutu as well as her work in South Africa with the organisation 'Warehouse'.