Come and visit the Victor Jara Liberation library at Desmond Tutu House! We are open most week days 10-4pm – but do ring in advance so as not to be disappointed – 01274 727034
The Library is a collection of over 2000 books and magazines covering every aspect of Liberation Theology: Feminism, Black Theology; Peace issues; The Environment. There is a huge range of Latin American literature translated into English.
Victor Jara was a Chilean Musician who was tortured and killed under the Pinochet government in 1973, and the library is dedicated to him and all those who have laid down there lives in the struggle for a just and equal world.
New books in:
The SCM Dictionary of Third World Theologies – for those who want to expand their horizons
Mark Thomas: As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela – A humourous and timely book about the arms trade
Joseph Fahey: War and Christian Conscience – an excellent primer on war and non-violence.
Leonardo Boff: The Lord is my Shepherd – The radical Brazilian theologian sheds new light on Psalm 23
Thich Nhat Hanh & Daniel Berrigan: The Raft is not the Shore – conversations toward a Buddhist-Christian Awareness
Theresa Sanders: Tenebrae – Holy week after the Holocaust