The preacher King

Description

Today it seems extraordinary that a nation the size of the United States could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. But at a turning point in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr., had an incalculable effect on the fabric of daily life and the laws of the nation. As no other preacher in living memory and no politician since Lincoln, he transposed the themes of love, suffering, deliverance, and justice from the sacred shelter of the pulpit into the arena of public policy. He was the last great religious reformer in America. How the man who always saw himself as "fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher" crafted his strategic vision and moved a nation to renewal is the subject of this remarkable new book.

First Sentence

In the sanctuary of his father's church, like most Baptist churches, the architecture witnesses to a single line of spiritual authority.

Excerpt

In the sanctuary of his father's church, like most Baptist churches, the architecture witnesses to a single line of spiritual authority.

Subjects

Other Editions

• The preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the word that moved AmericaOxford University Press1995-01-01
• Preacher KingOxford University Press1995-01-01
• The preacher KingOxford University Press1995-01-01
• Preacher KingOxford University Press, Incorporated1995-01-01
• The Preacher KingOxford University Press, USA1996-12-23
• Preacher KingOxford University Press, Incorporated2020-01-01