Book on missionaries killed in Zim war tells untold story
The late Fr Ted Rogers deserves credit for having taken a bold step to acknowledge the missionaries who were killed during the Rhodesian/Zimbabwean war of independence.
Category: Reviews
An Ordinary Life In An Extraordinary Time
A DARKER SHADE OF PALE, by Beryl Crosher-Segers. Torchflame Books, Durham NC, 2018. 243pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher The rich body of literature on the subject of apartheid has rather neglected the experience of...
Priest shines light on suffering
KEEP IT LIGHT: Praying through Suffering into Joy, by Larry Kaufmann CSsR (Redemptorist Pastoral Publication, Merrivale). 2017. 84pp. R70 Reviewed by Fr Kevin Reynolds The sub-title of this 84-page book by the well-known South...
How Martin Luther was the ‘first media star’
SHORT LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER, by Thomas Kaufmann. (William B Eerdmans, Michigan) 2017. 146 pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney On October 31 it will be the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing the famous...
A rich mine for reflection
SILENCE AND SOLIDARITY: Celebrating 30 years of the Centre for Christian Spirituality. Barnabas Publishers (Wellington, SA). 2017. Reviewed by Elsabe O’Leary This is a most extraordinary anthology, dedicated to Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu....
How a gangster found redemption
THE INNOCENCE OF GUILT: A True South African Story, by Reggie Karam. Reach Publishers, 2016. 137pp. R200 Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher A member of a prominent family in Johannesburg’s Lebanese community, Reggie Karam pulls...
Poetry collection offers comfort
THE WAY HOME: Poems for the Human Spirit, by Augustine Shutte. Kirkwood Press, 2017. 101pp. R120 Reviewed by Margaret Blackie The South African theologian Augustine Shutte died just over a year ago. This short...
To be friends with God this Lent
DEEPENING FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD: Daily Reflections for Lent, by Anthony Egan SJ, Trevor Hudson & Russell Pollitt SJ. Jesuit Institute SA, Johannesburg (2017). 129pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher More Stories: A Christian life to...
The life of a bishop ‘born again’ into Vatican II
A STILL AND QUIET CONSCIENCE: The Archbishop who challenged a Pope, a President and a Church: A Life of Raymond G Hunthausen, by John McCoy, Orbis Books (2015). 288pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More...
Here’s a Pope You Wouldn’t Want
A new TV series has at its centre a young American pope. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER took a look at The Young Pope and shares his impressions. The new American pope stands on the balcony of...
A Christian life to savour, sip by sip
A VOICE WITHIN CHURCH AND SOCIETY: A Personal Anthology, by Michael Nuttall. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg, 2015. 262 pp. Reviewed by Fr Kevin Reynolds More Stories: How Jansen turned around a university
How Jansen turned around a university
LEADING FOR CHANGE: Race, Intimacy and Leadership on Divided University Campuses, by Jonathan Jansen. Routledge, 2016. 227pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More Stories: A rich mine for reflection How Martin Luther was the ‘first...
