The politics of religion."I was often criticized during the struggle to end apartheid apartheid (əpärt`hīt) [Afrik.,=apartness], system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which was largely repealed in 1991–92. for being 'political' and told by people in and out of the church that our place was to be concerned with religious matters. But we were involved in the struggle because we were being religious, not political. It was because we were obeying the imperatives of our faith. Would you say Moses was a religious leader or a political leader? Was God acting religiously or politically when he set free a slave people?"--Archbishop Desmond Tutu Noun 1. Desmond Tutu - South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931) Tutu of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. (God Has a Dream, Image Books, 2005) |
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