Joshua’s Bible

• 2004 BCALA Literary Award

Since childhood, the young reverend Joshua Clay has had a gift to speak God’s word with great eloquence. Now, in the midst of the Depression in the 1930s, Joshua is asked to be the first Negro minister in years to do missionary work in South Africa. Determined to minister Christianity’s soul-sustaining joys, Joshua soon discovers the racial turmoil beneath the country’s Eden-like beauty. As the government ruthlessly passes apartheid laws, Joshua finds his strength and faith tested to its limits.