Title Martin Luther King, Jr. : an oral history of his religious witness and his life / by Russell Moldovan

Published Lanham : International Scholars Publications, [1999] ©1999

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Description xxii, 161 pages ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi -- FORWARD xiii -- PREFACE xv -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi -- Chapter -- I. WHY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.? A QUESTION OF 1 -- RELEVANCE -- A. Preached and Practiced a Holistic Gospel 1 -- B. Preached within a Prophetic Tradition 13 -- C. Confidence in the Kingdom of God Ideals of Racial and 16 -- Social Integration -- D. Unwavering Confidence in the Ideals of Nonviolence for 18 -- Moral and Social Transformation -- E. Tremendous Compassion for the Needy and the 28 -- Oppressed -- A Thesis Statement and a Method of Research 31 -- II. AN AMERICAN AMOS 33 -- III. RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION: AMERICA'S SOCIAL 55 -- AND CULTURAL NIGHTMARE -- IV. NINE COMPONENTS OF THE PREACHING OF MARTIN 77 -- LUTHER KING, JR. -- 1. Incarnating the Word with Truth through Personality 79 -- -- -- -- 2. Protestant Christianity with an African American Religious 93 -- Experience -- 3. Social Crisis Preaching 102 -- 4. A Time for American Reformation 107 -- 5. The Bible and American Civil Religion 109 -- 6. Belief and Conviction 112 -- 7. Charisma 118 -- 8. Ecumenical and Inclusive 121 -- 9. A Twentieth Century Prophet 125 -- V. MORE TESTIMONIES 131 -- A. "I Have a Dream" 131 -- B. Personal Stories about Martin 137 -- C. The Pain We Felt When the Dreamer Was Shot 143 -- D. Hearing the Dreamer, We Will Never Be the Same 145 -- VI. CONCLUSION: A MODEL FOR PREACHING AND 149 -- MINISTRY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 153 -- INDEX 159 Notes Statement of responsibility from half t.p Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-158) and index Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Religion. African Americans -- Biography. Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography. Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography. Interviews -- United States. Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 99027995 ISBN 1573093467 cloth alkaline paper 1573093459 paper alkaline paper

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