Jesus and the disinherited

by Howard Thurman

Paper Book, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

BS2417.S7T5 1996

Publication

Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [1996].

Description

Christian Nonfiction. Religion & Spirituality. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman�??s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation�??s history forever. In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution to ending the descent into moral nihilism. Hatred does not empower�??it decays. Only through self-love and love of one another can God's justice… (more)

LCC

BS2417.S7T5 1996

Original publication date

1949

Physical description

112 p.; 21 cm

ISBN

9780807010297

Barcode

31342000061894

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