Redeeming the Past by Michael Lapsley

Redeeming the Past by Michael Lapsley

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Redeeming the Past by Michael Lapsley

In 1990, Fr. Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest active in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, opened a letter bomb that nearly killed him. Though he survived, the blast took both his hands and one of his eyes. This memoir tells the story of this horrendous event, beginning with the journey that led him there--particularly his rising awareness of the radical demands of the gospel and his growing identification with the freedom struggle. But that was not the end of his inspiring journey. In post-apartheid South Africa, Lapsley saw a whole nation in need of healing from trauma both physical and spiritual. He discovered a new vocation: drawing on his own experience of trauma to promote the healing of others, in South Africa, and ultimately throughout the world, in the international Institute for the Healing of Memories.
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ISBN 13 9781626980433
ISBN 10 1626980438
Title Redeeming the Past
Author Michael Lapsley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orbis Books (USA)
Year published 2012-05-29
Number of pages 272
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