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Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Miracle or Model?
Lyn S. Graybill
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Paperback. Was South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) a "miracle" that depended on the leadership of Mandela and Tutu? Addressing such questions as this, Lyn Graybill explores the political origins, theological underpinnings, and achievements of the world's most ambitious truth commission. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Was South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) a ""miracle"" that depended on the unique leadership of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu? Or does it provide a working model for other traumatized nations? Addressing these questions, Lyn Graybill explores the political origins, theological underpinnings, and major achievements of the world's most ambitious truth commission - an institution that offered indemnity to perpetrators of gross human rights abuses, and a process that urged victims to forgive. Graybill distills in one concise and very readable volume a vast amount of information on the TRC, including discussions of a number of groups - ... Read more
Was South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) a ""miracle"" that depended on the unique leadership of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu? Or does it provide a working model for other traumatized nations? Addressing these questions, Lyn Graybill explores the political origins, theological underpinnings, and major achievements of the world's most ambitious truth commission - an institution that offered indemnity to perpetrators of gross human rights abuses, and a process that urged victims to forgive. Graybill distills in one concise and very readable volume a vast amount of information on the TRC, including discussions of a number of groups - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781588260574
SKU
V9781588260574
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About Lyn S. Graybill
Lyn Graybill is on the faculty of the University of Virginia's Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction. She is author of Religion and Resistance Politics in South Africa and coeditor of Africa's Second Wave of Freedom: Development, Democracy and Rights.
Reviews for Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Miracle or Model?
Lyn Graybill offers remarkable insights into how one nation has dealt with an emotionally charged issue... that can be helpful to other deeply divided countries. - Paul Simon