Ratana - the Prophet by Keith Newman (Signed by Author)

This is a second-hand copy of the book Ratana: the Prophet by Keith Newman. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page.

Condition: This is a used book in very good condition. There is a slight dent on the back cover lower right - see photos.

Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2009
ISBN: 9780143010975
Format: Softback
Pages: 263
Condition: Used (Very Good)

From the back cover:

Throughout history, certain individuals with a rare passion for justice and a gift of insight have been able to rally and motivate people through periods of great social change, sometimes defying all odds and being greatly misunderstood in the process.

Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana was such a man, called to prominence at a pivotal time, with a message for the Māori people and for the wider world. After a profound vision he became a healer of people's physical ailments, a lifter of ancient curses and a prime mover in healing the ‘land sickness of the Māori, after decades of land confiscation by the Government and the Crown.

As founder of the Ratana Church and the Ratana movement, he led his followers in the quest to unite all Māori under one God, and to restore the Treaty of Waitangi as the founding document of the nation, giving Māori equal rights to British citizens.

Ratana: The Prophet, based on some 20 years of research, distils for a general audience the extraordinary depth of T. W. Ratana's political, spiritual and social legacy.