The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Reconciliation: Restoring Justice by John W. De Gruchy.

In this book, which emerges from the Cambridge Hulsean Lectures for 2002, one of the world’s leading authorities on theology and politics offers a compelling account of hope for reconciliation. Amidst a world torn apart by conflict, reconciliation is a theme that demands constant reflection. De Gruchy is wary of complacent and false notions of forgiveness, or cheap grace, and is fully aware of the complexity of guilt. His argument is informed by the conviction that fundamental to any possibility of reconciliation is the restoration of justice. Using the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa as his case study, de Gruchey cautions against cheap alternatives to reconciliation as he explores the costly process of telling the truth, forgiveness, moral accountability, and the restoration of justice at the interface of faith and politics.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/51810167

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.