'Desmond Tutu Was Right'

Christopher Shannahan

'Desmond Tutu Was Right'

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Abstract

At the height of the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu confessed that he was confused about which Bible people were reading when they said that religion and politics do not mix. The Archbishop was right: religion and politics do mix, no matter what hardened secularists might assert about a public sphere free from religion. The more important questions to ask are, ‘what kind of religion and what kind of politics?’

Original language	English
Publisher	openDemocracy
Publication status	Published - 29 May 2017

Keywords

Political Theology
Religion and Politics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities(all)
Philosophy

Themes

Faith and Peaceful Relations

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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'Desmond Tutu Was Right'

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