Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu: living icons of reconciliation.

From: The Ecumenical Review | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The word icon is derived from the Greek word eikon, meaning image. (1) It is an artifact that embodies a set of mental associations that surpasses its functionality and immediate environment. (2) An icon must influence an individual's cultural experiences. It exists in one's perceptions and is created by means of communication. Persons have become icons post-hoc by being perceived to embody a particular, vigorous set of associations of time, place and culture. The dictionary definitions of "reconciliation" have an underlay of restoration, of re-establishing things to their ...

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