There Is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Lewis V. Baldwin

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The sources of Martin Luther King, Jr., 's phenomenal and prophetic impact on life in America and beyond have never been adequately understood. In this path-breaking volume, Lewis Baldwin traces King's vision and activism not to his formal philosophical and theological development but directly to his roots in Southern black culture, where King spent most of his 39 years.

King's appropriation of the Bible, Gandhi, American participatory democracy,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0800624572

ISBN13:9780800624576

Release Date:February 1991

Publisher:Fortress Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

African-American & Black Civil Rights & Liberties Ethnic & National Inspirational Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Specific Topics Spirituality

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