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Desmond Tutu MBTI Personality Type

Desmond Tutu MBTI Personality Type

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What personality type is Desmond Tutu? Desmond Tutu is an ENFJ personality type in MBTI, 2w1 - sx/so - in Enneagram, SCOAI in Big 5, ESE in Socionics.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu (I know, I know, sourcing Wikipedia is bad, but it has a lot of good information on his personal life and personality). I definitely agree with ENFJ, but I'd argue he's a 2w3 over a 2w1. Dominant Fe: "His personality has been described as warm, exuberant, and outgoing... he had the "ability to endear himself to virtually everyone who actually meets him"... he had a "gentle, caring temperament and would have nothing to do with anything that hurt others"... He had a tendency to be highly trusting, something which some of those close to whom sometimes believed was unwise in various situations. Tutu had a passion for preserving African traditions of courtesy. He could be offended by discourteous behaviour and careless language, as well as by swearing and ethnic slurs... Du Boulay noted that "his attention to the detail of people's lives is remarkable", for he would be meticulous in recording and noting people's birthdays and anniversaries. He was attentive to his parishioners, making an effort to regularly visit and spend time with them; this included making an effort to visit parishioners who disliked him." Auxillary Ni: "He read the Bible every day, and recommended that people read it as a collection of books, not a single constitutional document: "You have to understand that the Bible is really a library of books and it has different categories of material", he said. "There are certain parts which you have to say no to. The Bible accepted slavery. St. Paul said women should not speak in church at all and there are people who have used that to say women should not be ordained. There are many things that you shouldn't accept."" 2w3: "Tutu had "a deep need to be loved", a facet that he recognised about himself and referred to as a "horrible weakness". Tutu has also been described as being sensitive, and very easily hurt, an aspect of his personality which he concealed from the public eye; Du Boulay noted that he "reacts to emotional pain" in an "almost childlike way". He never denied being ambitious, and acknowledged that he enjoyed the limelight which his position gave him, something that his wife often teased him about. He was, according to Du Boulay, "a man of passionate emotions" who was quick to both laugh and cry."

Biography

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (1931-2021) was a South-African Anglican cleric and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology; politically, he identified as a socialist.