The Nobel Peace Prize 1984
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1984
Desmond Tutu
Biographical
Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960. The years 1962-66 were devoted to further theological study in England leading up to a Master of Theology. From 1967 to 1972 he taught theology in South Africa before returning to England for three years as the assistant director of a theological institute in London. In 1975 he was appointed Dean of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Johannesburg, the first black to hold that position. From 1976 to 1978 he was Bishop of Lesotho, and in 1978 became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. Tutu is an honorary doctor of a number of leading universities in the USA, Britain and Germany.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1984
Desmond Tutu
Biographical
Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960. The years 1962-66 were devoted to further theological study in England leading up to a Master of Theology. From 1967 to 1972 he taught theology in South Africa before returning to England for three years as the assistant director of a theological institute in London. In 1975 he was appointed Dean of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Johannesburg, the first black to hold that position. From 1976 to 1978 he was Bishop of Lesotho, and in 1978 became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. Tutu is an honorary doctor of a number of leading universities in the USA, Britain and Germany.
🦀Tutu is the author of seven collections of sermons and other writings:
Crying in thea Wilderness, Eerdmans, 1982. ISBN 978-0-8028-0270-5
Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches, Skotaville, 1983. ISBN 978-0-620-06776-8
The War Against Children: South Africa’s Youngest Victims, Human Rights First, 1986. ISBN 9780934143004
The Words of Desmond Tutu, Newmarket, 1989. ISBN 978-1-55704-719-9
The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution, Doubleday, 1994. ISBN 978-0-385-47546-4
Worshipping Church in Africa, Duke University Press, 1995. ASIN B000K5WB02
The Essential Desmond Tutu, David Phillips Publishers, 1997. ISBN 978-0-86486-346-1
No Future Without Forgiveness, Doubleday, 1999. ISBN 978-0-385-49689-6
An African Prayerbook, Doubleday, 2000. ISBN 978-0-385-47730-7
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time, Doubleday, 2004. ISBN 978-0-385-47784-0
Desmond and the Very Mean Word, Candlewick, 2012. ISBN 978-0-763-65229-6
The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World, HarperOne, 2015. ISBN 978-0062203571
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, coauthored by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 2016, ISBN 978-0-67007-016-9
Crying in thea Wilderness, Eerdmans, 1982. ISBN 978-0-8028-0270-5
Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches, Skotaville, 1983. ISBN 978-0-620-06776-8
The War Against Children: South Africa’s Youngest Victims, Human Rights First, 1986. ISBN 9780934143004
The Words of Desmond Tutu, Newmarket, 1989. ISBN 978-1-55704-719-9
The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution, Doubleday, 1994. ISBN 978-0-385-47546-4
Worshipping Church in Africa, Duke University Press, 1995. ASIN B000K5WB02
The Essential Desmond Tutu, David Phillips Publishers, 1997. ISBN 978-0-86486-346-1
No Future Without Forgiveness, Doubleday, 1999. ISBN 978-0-385-49689-6
An African Prayerbook, Doubleday, 2000. ISBN 978-0-385-47730-7
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time, Doubleday, 2004. ISBN 978-0-385-47784-0
Desmond and the Very Mean Word, Candlewick, 2012. ISBN 978-0-763-65229-6
The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World, HarperOne, 2015. ISBN 978-0062203571
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, coauthored by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 2016, ISBN 978-0-67007-016-9
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(B) Dido, Queen of Carthage
(C) Summer’s Last Will and Testament
(D) Lenten Stuffe
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(B) Religious problems
(C) Political problems
(D) Social and Industrial problems
Ans - D
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(B) Religious problems
(C) Political problems
(D) Social and Industrial problems
Ans - D
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(B) Victorian love story
(C) Elizabethan period
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Ans- C
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(B) Victorian love story
(C) Elizabethan period
(D) England during Restoration period
Ans- C