Prisoner of Conscience: One Man's Remarkable Journey from Repression to Freedom
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Language: English
Published by Rider an imprint of Ebury Press Randon House, 2005
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Multiple copies available. Publication of 210 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Title
- Prisoner of Conscience: One Man's Remarkable Journey from Repression to Freedom
- Author
- Yeats, Charles
- Publisher
- Rider an imprint of Ebury Press Randon House
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1846040019
- ISBN 13
- 9781846040016
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 12 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5x0x8
Charles Yeats, ordained priest and former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, has lived much of his life on the frontline. Raised in privilege, his life changed forever when he was called for military service in apartheid South Africa. As a conscientious objector, Yeats faced inevitable arrest. His experiences in jail make for compelling reading, as do his comments on Western imperialism and his insights on how we might create a lasting world peace.
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Imprisoned for two years in the early 1980s for his refusal to serve in the army under apartheid, Yeats blends the quiet account of his resistance with a highly readable overview of South African history, from the first European settlers in the seventeenth century (including his own ancestors) through the long years of oppression and, finally, liberation. A white from a very privileged background ("We looked away. We played sport"), he deliberately returned home from England to confront the racist system. Coping with abuse and solitary confinement in prison, he started a theology degree by correspondence, and he is now an ordained Anglican minister who teaches business ethics in Durham. Yeats writes without self-importance, calling himself "pathetically limp and self-indulgent," and his arguments at his trial and with himself lend authority to his final discussion of the critical issues facing the church today, including the inclusion of gays and the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Hazel Rochman
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